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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:548-549
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

Daniel Bainbridge, MD, FRCPCa, Davy Cheng, MD, MSc, FRCPCa, Janet Martin, PharmDb

a Department of Anesthesiology, London Health Sciences Centre, London, UK
b Department of Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology, London Health Sciences Centre, London, UK

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Takagi and colleagues are correct in suggesting that the trial by Kim and associates1Go is relevant to our meta-analysis of randomized trials of off-pump coronary artery bypass/minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (OPCAB/MIDCAB) versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).2Go We remain uncertain why this randomized trial was not identified despite multiple independent searches performed by experts. It may be that the trial was not indexed on Medline at the time of our . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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