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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1361-1362
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Correspondence

Cerebral perfusion and cognitive function: Reply

^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 6, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
^b Department of Neurology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany

e-mail: wilko.reents@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

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To the Editor:

We thank Dr Alston for his interest in our study. The study by Alston and colleagues [1] of the relation between jugular venous bulb saturation (SjO₂) and cognitive performance in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting led to the same conclusion as ours [2], which used different methods. Yet it should be noted that in the study of Alston and colleagues [1], there . . . [Full Text of this Article]