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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:853
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Toumpoulis

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 7 August 2003; accepted 10 August 2003.

^* Corresponding author. Avukat Sureyya Agaoglu sokak No: 4b D: 17, Nisantasi, Istanbul 80200, Turkey. Fax: +90-212-6351959
e-mail: isbir@yahoo.com

Key Words: Ischemic preconditioning • Aortic surgery

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We thank Dr Toumpoulis for his nice comments regarding our article entitled ‘Ischemic preconditioning and nicotinamide in spinal cord protection in an experimental model of transient aortic occlusion’. He highlights the important point that keeping the blood pressure above 100 mmHg reduces the postoperative neurological dysfunction during the aortic occlusion [1]. We concur completely that hypotension should be avoided during . . . [Full Text of this Article]