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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;139:238
© 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Optimal surgical approach for repair of aortopulmonary window with aortic origin of the right pulmonary artery

Tetsuya Kitagawa, MD, PhD, Takashi Kitaichi, MD, PhD, Homare Yoshida, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article titled "Single-Stage Repair of Aortopulmonary Window With Interrupted Aortic Arch by Transection of the Aorta and Direct Reconstruction" by Yoshida and associates.1Go

The authors describe a repair technique using autologous arterial wall tissue without artificial material for a patient with aortopulmonary window (APW), right pulmonary artery (RPA) originating from the ascending aorta, and interrupted aortic arch. However, the repair technique for APW and RPA originating from the ascending aorta totally coincides with our previously reported technique.2Go . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Masahiro Yoshida and Masahiro Yamaguchi
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2010 139: 238-239. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Single-stage repair of aortopulmonary window with interrupted aortic arch by transection of the aorta and direct reconstruction
Masahiro Yoshida, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Oshima, Shigeteru Oka, Tomonori Higuma, and Yutaka Okita
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2009 138: 781-783. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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