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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:488-489
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Something to expect, diagnose, and treat early

Sameh Elsayed, MD, Ahmed Kadri Abdulla, Abed Mowafii, Shaaban Abdul/Aziz Abulela, Mohammed Mounir Elsaeid Awadalla, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mansoura University, Elgomhoria, Mansouria, Egypt

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article entitled "Evolutional aspects of children and adolescents with surgically corrected aortic coarctation: clinical, echocardiographic, and magnetic resonance image analysis of 113 patients."1 We learned that transverse aortic arch hypoplasia should be corrected concomitantly with coarctation.

Nothing about the chest radiograph or cardiothoracic ratio was mentioned. In the authors' echocardiographic analysis, they did not comment about the dimensions or functions of the cardiac chamber, although left ventricular hyperkinesia and increased ventricular mass are found even in normotensive patients long after successful coarctation repair: increased . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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