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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1649
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Kiel Arnold Heller Strasse 7, 24105 Kiel, Germany

e-mail: jcremer@kielheart.uni-kiel.de

This study by Dr Abdel-Rahman and coworkers represents another contribution to a small number of articles dealing with limited access approaches to correct congenital heart defects with the aim of reducing surgical trauma and achieving more satisfying cosmetic results in young patients.

The authors claim excellent results using a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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