J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:464
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Reply to the Editor
Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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We appreciate the comments provided by Dr Augoustides in regard to our recent article "Ventilatory Dependency After Cardiovascular Surgery." Our article attempts to define the risks for ventilator dependency and determine the outcomes of patients who develop this problem after their index cardiovascular surgery. Two inquiries were made (as points [a] and [c] are closely related).
We were surprised ourselves to find . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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