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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1228
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR

Invited commentary

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

e-mail: kkanter@emory.org

	Introduction

 
The paper by McElhinney and colleagues reviews an experience with 76 children who underwent a bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis with follow-up cardiac catheterization. Systemic to pulmonary collateral arteries were found in 45 patients (59%). Interestingly, in children undergoing catheterization in 1994 or after, when particular attention was made to identify these collaterals, the incidence of collaterals rose to 40 of 56 patients (71%). This confirms the results of others who have shown similarly high incidences of systemic to pulmonary collaterals in patients both before and after . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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