J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:213-214
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Reply to the Editor
Heike Aupperle, MD,
Nicolas Doll, MD
Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Reply to the Editor:
We have reviewed the letter to the editor from Hornero and Berjano, who presented some comments and questions on our paper.
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The first points on which they remarked were the definite distance between the esophagus and the atrium in the sheep model, as well as the thickness of the ovine left atrial wall. The model we used has been established and controlled by magnetic resonance . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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