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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1879
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR JAROSLAV STARK (London, England): You mentioned that the proper selection of patients was one of the reasons for your excellent results. Can you give us some indications in how many patients you could not do one of the three procedures and perhaps could do just a shunt or no surgery at all during this time period?

DR BANDO: Well, the patients we excluded had significantly high pulmonary arterial pressure, over 25 mm Hg, or significantly high pulmonary vascular resistance or very poor ventricular function. Those are the patients.

DR STARK: I know, but can you tell us how many patients were not suitable for surgery during this time period?

DR BANDO: I would . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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