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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:221
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letters to the Editor

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Department of Surgery and Department of Thoracic Surgery, Virgen de Ia Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain

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Reply to the Editor:

We read with great interest the letter to the Editor from Yamamura, Miyamoto, and Yao in response to our article, in which reference is made to the Japanese experience in this matter. Our interest in this rare association arose when in our daily routine we encountered 3 patients with this condition and were uncertain of the best approach and follow-up. Accordingly, we analyzed the bibliography to which we had access and observed several difficulties, due not only to the diverse nature of the journals, some of which are difficult to locate, but also to the number of different languages in which they are published. Today, the only information that exists for . . . [Full Text of this Article]