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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:432-433
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA

e-mail: sblitwin@chw.org

Chikada and colleagues report direct closure of the small (7 mm to 10 mm) ostium primum defect in 7 consecutive patients with isolated atrioventricular septal defects (AVSDs) (2 incomplete and 5 complete) seen at the National Children’s Hospital (Tokyo) during a recent twenty one month period.

This patient series is unusual in certain respects. Every child had a small atrial defect whereas in a series of 344 patients with incomplete AVSDs seen over forty years at the Mayo Clinic, only 8 (2%) had defects which were small enough to close without a patch. Secondly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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