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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1690
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Igor Knez, MD, Bruno Rigler, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Clinic of Surgery, MUG, PO Box 51, Auenbruggerplatz 29, Graz, A-8036 Austria

(Email: igor.knez@meduni-graz.at).

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Adverse neurologic outcomes after heart surgery in general, and cardiac transplantation in particular, have serious consequences: an increased risk of mortality and a diminished quality of life among survivors. They also represent a burden on the health-care system, requiring prolonged hospitalizations and additional aftercare, and as a logical consequence, higher costs.

Zierer and colleagues [1] report on a series of 200 consecutive patients who underwent orthotopic cardiac transplantation during a recent 10-year period. Despite the fact that this review was done retrospectively, specific findings were accurate: operative mortality for the entire series was 8% (17 of 200), but 15% (7 of 46) in patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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