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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1522
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Thomas V. Bilfinger, MD, ScDa, Ira J. Rampil, MDa

a Department of Surgery, SUNY at Stony Brook, HSC T19, Room 80, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA.

e-mail: tbilfinger@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
e-mail: irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

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In this issue of The Annals, the group from the Bristol Heart institute report on their observations of changes in cerebral perfusion from manipulations to the heart during OPCAB surgery [1].

Since the inception of cardiac surgery, practitioners have been aware that certain surgical maneuvers placed the cerebral circulation at risk. Despite an alleged clinical benefit from the new setting of OPCAB surgery, these concerns persist. Real-time information about cerebral perfusion, and ultimately cerebral function, has been felt desirable, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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