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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1026-1027
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality

Jan T. Christenson, MD, FECTSa, Marc Cohen, MDb

a Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 24, Switzerland
b Division of Cardiology, MS-119, Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad and Vine Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA

e-mail: jtchristenson@hotmail.com
e-mail: marc.cohen@tenethealth.com

To the Editor

In an article by Davies and associates, recently published in The Annals [1], it was reported, from a retrospective analysis of 39 patients requiring intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) support after cardiac surgery, and employing univariate analysis, that persistent high lactate predicts failure of intraaortic balloon pumping. However, cardioplegic arrest induces anaerobic myocardial metabolism which leads . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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