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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:946-947
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Flavian M. Lupinetti, MD

Phoenix Children's Hospital, 1920 E Cambridge Ave, Suite 304, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA

fmlupinetti@hotmail.com

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Suda and colleagues have produced an intriguing investigation of the relationship of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with cyanosis and the palliative or reparative operations that these patients receive. The topic is an important one, in that VEGF has been hypothesized to play at least a contributory role in the pathophysiology of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM). Because PAVM are known to regress in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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