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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:8-9
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR M. ARISAN ERGIN (New York, NY): Doctor Kazui, I always admire your results. I think this is one of the largest series of selective cerebral perfusion in the literature—220 patients with impressive mortality and stroke rates. I have one question for you. We heard yesterday that even in routine coronary artery bypass grafting, regardless of whether the pump was used or not, stroke rate is still in the neighborhood of 2%. So your extensive surgery with a stroke rate of 3% is quite remarkable. I wonder if you have any tricks that you haven’t shared with us that would account for this excellent result?

DR KAZUI: Thank you for your comment and question. Data from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons indicate that stroke rate during coronary artery bypass grafting is about 5% or so. The main source of this stroke is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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