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Atrioventricular Septal Defect Correction Caveats-Reply FREE

THŸS W. VET, MD; JAAP OTTENKAMP, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1990;144(8):849-850. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150320011004.
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In Reply.—We thank Dr Sissman for his comments. We aimed to compare

This department of AJDC is reserved for comment, criticism, observation, and discussion of "issues of current concern and importance for children's health." The Editor encourages our readers to express themselves on a variety of topics and issues. Further, we encourage the submission of unique and brief clinical and scientific observations that do not fulfill the criteria for original articles. patients with atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) and Down syndrome with those with AVSD without Down syndrome. We did not mean to claim that the results of surgical correction of a complete AVSD were sufficient to warrant surgical treatment of these patients. The surgical mortality is indeed high in our study, but is comparable with that observed by others. The grim prognosis attendant on conservative treatment often leaves one no choice but to undertake attempts at surgical correction, even

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Kirklin JW, Blackstone EH, Bargeron LM Jr, Pacifico AD, Kirklin JK.  The repair of atrioventricular septal defects in infancy . Int J Cardiol . 1986;;13:333-351.
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Marino B, Guccinone P, Corno A, Papa M, Marceletti C, Dallapiccola B.  Facial anomalies in patients with atrioventricular canal and normal chromosomes: the non-Down atrioventricular canal syndrome . Eur Heart J . 1989;;10:295. Abstract.

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Kirklin JW, Blackstone EH, Bargeron LM Jr, Pacifico AD, Kirklin JK.  The repair of atrioventricular septal defects in infancy . Int J Cardiol . 1986;;13:333-351.
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Marino B, Guccinone P, Corno A, Papa M, Marceletti C, Dallapiccola B.  Facial anomalies in patients with atrioventricular canal and normal chromosomes: the non-Down atrioventricular canal syndrome . Eur Heart J . 1989;;10:295. Abstract.

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