J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:799
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Reply to the Editor:
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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I appreciate Dr Royston's kind comment regarding my editorial. I am quite certain that he agrees with me that we are "worse off without [aprotinin] in our arsenal." Indeed, I feel this sentiment particularly this evening, as I wait for a call from the operating room to start repair of an acute dissection in an 80-year-old patient who is receiving warfarin 5 years after coronary bypass and aortic valve replacement. I am also sure that he . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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