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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2422-2423
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Computed Tomography Scan in Redo Valvular Surgery

Nicola Luciani, MD a , Giuseppe Nasso, MD a , Mariantonietta Piscitelli, MD a , Gianfederico Possati, MD a , Amedeo Anselmi, MD b

a Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Catholic University, Largo Francesco Vito 1, Rome, Italy
b Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Longoni 83, Rome, Italy

(Email: nicola.luciani@tiscalinet.it; amedeo.anselmi@aliceposta.it).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Morishita and associates [1] concerning the role of computed tomography (CT) in redo valvular surgery.

We agree with Morishita and associates [1] that preoperative CT can play an important role in the assessment of the risk of re-entry injuries in redo patients and in the planning of the optimal surgical strategy. Their group is to be congratulated for their further contribution to the interesting and challenging field of cardiac reoperations.

However, their experience merits few comments.

First, we believe that the number of previous sternotomies does not increase the risk . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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