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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:358
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Correspondence

Assessment of Neurocognitive Outcome After Cardiac Surgery

The Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George St Leeds, LS1 3EX United Kingdom

(Email: sharifalruzzeh@hotmail.com; david.o'regan@leedsth.nhs.uk).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the report on the randomized controlled trial performed by Ernest and colleagues [1] to assess neurocognitive outcomes after off-pump versus on-pump surgery. Despite the fact that the authors stated more than once in the report that they planned and performed the study in accordance with the Consensus Statement [2], they actually did not fully comply with it. Therefore the presented data in the report may not completely support the conclusions reached due to the following issues:

1 The consensus states that the performance of neuropsychologic tests can be influenced by mood state variations, and therefore it is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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