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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1462
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Do Off-Pump Surgical Procedures Really Improve Memory?

Ola A. Selnes, PhD

Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Meyer 100, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

oselnes@jhmi.edu

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To the Editor:

The Annals contained a very informative article regarding critical evaluation of the medical literature. Ferraris and Ferraris [1] warned us that as many as one third of journal articles may contain errors and that "cautious circumspection" is advised when evaluating the scientific literature.

By coincidence, in the same issue, a study by Lee and colleagues [2] illustrates their point rather nicely. This prospective, randomized study compared the neurological and clinical morbidity after off-pump (OBCAB) versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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