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To the Editor: Chen et al. (July 4 issue)¹ report excellent results with the use of the Inoue balloon catheter in treating congenital pulmonic stenosis in adolescents and adults. Missing from the article, however, is any mention that the authors obtained informed consent from the patients or approval by an institutional review board. This omission is striking, because at least some of the patients were children (age range, 13 to 55 years). An earlier report by the same authors ² also does not refer to informed consent or approval by an institutional review board.

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