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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1524-1529
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: cardiovascular

RETRACTED: Prophylactic use of pentoxifylline on inflammation in elderly cardiac surgery patients

Joachim Boldt, MDa,*, Christian Brosch, MDa, Andreas Lehmann, MDa, Günter Haisch, MDa, Johannes Lang, MDa, Frank Isgro, MDb

a Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany
b Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

* Address reprint requests to Dr Boldt, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Bremserstr. 79, D-67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany (Email: boldtj{at}gmx.net).

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor as Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz ("LÄK-RLP"), the State Medical Association of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, has been unable to verify IRB approval. Thus, IRB approval for the research published in this article was misrepresented to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. IRB approval is a legal requirement and lack of it questions the ethical basis of the study conducted.




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