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Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, CTW Building, Suite 320, 900 S Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536-0200

(Email: ferraris@earthlink.net).

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To the Editor:

There are parts of the letter from Baker and colleagues [1] with which I strongly agree and others with which I strongly disagree. First, the agreeable part: I could not be more convinced that perfusionists are a key and essential part of the cardiovascular surgical team. I know that the coauthors of the blood conservation guidelines feel the same.

I strongly disagree with the implication that perfusionists were not involved in the guideline creation process. I personally presented preliminary findings of the guidelines to two national . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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