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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1201-1202
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

e-mail: gardnert@uphs.upenn.edu

It is sobering to acknowledge that stroke continues to complicate contemporary cardiac surgery in over 3.5% of patients, as documented in this excellent review of nearly 6,000 consecutive patients having their heart surgery from 1992 through 1997. Over the last 25 years, cardiothoracic surgeons have mastered many challenges in achieving safer and more effective procedures. We have learned much about predictors of neurological injury during and after surgery. We have improved and modified management techniques, especially . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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