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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:467
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
^b Department of Anaesthesiology, Department of Biomedical Statistics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
^c Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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We appreciate the comments of Dr Augoustides regarding our recent article¹ and would like to point out the following issues in response to his considerations.

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