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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2073
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Irvin Krukenkamp, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, State University of New York—Stony Brook, T19,080 Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191

(Email: ibkmd@hotmail.com).

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One hallmark of interesting science is that more questions are raised than answered. This article by Jin and colleagues [1] certainly fulfills that criterion. Decades of scientific investigations have convincingly proven the existence of the intrinsic myoprotective response termed "preconditioning," yet few reports have suggested true clinical efficacy, particularly in the cardiothoracic surgical population undergoing cardioplegic arrest and reperfusion. Now Jin and colleagues [1] . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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