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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:637-638
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
e-mail: jbyrne@partners.org
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To the Editor:
We thank Drs Vricella and Reitz for their thoughtful comments on myocardial protection during aortic valve replacement in the presence of patent left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary artery graft.
We have found that percutaneous retrograde coronary sinus cannulation can be accomplished in a reasonable time frame using transesophageal echocardiographic guidance. If the percutaneous retrograde cardioplegia (CP)
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