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

Correspondence

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

Andrew Davies, FRACPa, Rinaldo Bellomo, MDa, Jai Raman, FRACSa, Geoffrey Gutteridge, FANZCAa, Brian Buxton, MDa

a Intensive Care Unit (Austin Campus), Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Studley Rd, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

e-mail: rb@austin.unimelb.edu.au

To the Editor

We appreciate the comments by Drs Christenson and Cohen. However, we believe we might have been misunderstood. We agree entirely with the correspondents that intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) and inotropic drugs are often needed to support the heart after surgery and do not intend to imply that IABP . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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