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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:1228-1229
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Epidural anesthesia for coronary artery bypass surgery

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy
^b Section of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Received 16 August 2004; accepted 20 August 2004.

^* Corresponding author. Address: UDA Cardiochirurgia, Spedali Civili, P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy. Tel.: +39 030 399 6401; fax: +39 030 399 6096. (E-mail: gianluigi_bisleri@katamail.com).

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We read with interest the report by Dr Lucchetti and colleagues [1] about the use of a combined high-thoracic epidural and lumbar subarachnoid block in a patient undergoing off-pump myocardial revascularization. Nevertheless, the present report raises some concerns with respect to several issues: first, in the article the authors state that this innovative . . . [Full Text of this Article]