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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:788-789
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Preoperative coronary study in patients with acute aortic dissection and endocarditis

Salvatore Lentini, MD, Fabrizio Tancredi, MD, Roberto Gaeta, MD

Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinic Hospital, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the recent article of Kilian and coworkers1Go on intraoperative coronary angiography in patients with acute aortic dissection and endocarditis. We congratulate the authors. This technique, presented in the past by other groups and used now by the authors on 7 patients, is fascinating; however, we believe a few more points should be addressed.

The authors treated 2 patients with acute aortic dissection and 5 patients with aortic endocarditis with vegetations. In the aim to reduce risk of further trauma in the dissected aorta, or risk of embolization in the case of endocarditis, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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