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Comment
. 2020 Jun;12(6):3445-3447.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-1802.

Response letter: treatment of patent ductus arteriosus when pharmacologic or conservative approaches fail-a never-ending story

Tomasz Stankowski  1 , Sleiman Sebastian Aboul-Hassan  2 , Dirk Fritzsche  1 , Jacek Kusa  3 , Lukasz Szarpak  4 , Bartlomiej Perek  5
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Comment

Response letter: treatment of patent ductus arteriosus when pharmacologic or conservative approaches fail-a never-ending story

Tomasz Stankowski et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Jun.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-1802). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Number of thoracoscopic and transcatheter procedures performed between 2012 and 2019. PDA, patent ductus arteriosus.
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