Atrial septal defect

G. R. Cumming; Marco R. di Tullo; Aasha S. Gopal; Shunichi Homma; Donald L. King; Robert E. Goldstein; Joseph G. Murphy; Bernard J. Gersh; Michael D. Mcgoon; Douglas D. Mair; co Burn J. Porter; Duane M. Ilstrup; Dwight C. Mcgoon; Francisco J. Puga; John W. Kirklin; Gordon K. Danielson; Kenneth M. Borow; Robert Karp

doi:10.1056/NEJM199105023241814

Atrial septal defect

G. R. Cumming, Marco R. di Tullo, Aasha S. Gopal, Shunichi Homma, Donald L. King, Robert E. Goldstein, Joseph G. Murphy, Bernard J. Gersh, Michael D. Mcgoon, Douglas D. Mair, co Burn J. Porter, Duane M. Ilstrup, Dwight C. Mcgoon, Francisco J. Puga, John W. Kirklin, Gordon K. Danielson, Kenneth M. Borow, Robert Karp

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To the Editor: Murphy and colleagues (Dec. 13 issue)* have provided useful information about long-term survival in patients who have undergone repair of an atrial septal defect. The authors suggest that patients should be reassured about their insurability. To date, insurers have lacked satisfactory statistics and have gone along with the clinical impression that after surgery for atrial septal defect, patients without pulmonary hypertension or arrhythmias probably have near-standard mortality rates. Because of the small numbers of patients, insurers are likely to continue to be influenced by clinical impressions and not by the numbers derived from the series.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1286-1287
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	324
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199105023241814
State	Published - 2 May 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Cumming, G. R., di Tullo, M. R., Gopal, A. S., Homma, S., King, D. L., Goldstein, R. E., Murphy, J. G., Gersh, B. J., Mcgoon, M. D., Mair, D. D., Porter, C. B. J., Ilstrup, D. M., Mcgoon, D. C., Puga, F. J., Kirklin, J. W., Danielson, G. K., Borow, K. M., & Karp, R. (1991). Atrial septal defect. New England Journal of Medicine, 324(18), 1286-1287. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199105023241814

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Atrial septal defect

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