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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:862
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Reply to Mishra

Interdisciplinary Center for Biomedical Research (CIR), Department of Cardiovascular Research, University Campus BioMedico of Rome, Italy

Received 23 January 2006; accepted 24 January 2006.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Campus BioMedico of Rome, Via E. Longoni 83, Rome 00155, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 22541572; fax: +39 06 22541456. (Email: m.chello@unicampus.it).

Key Words: Statin • Endothelium • Coronary bypass

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We really appreciated Dr Mishra's interest in our study as well as his considerations. As pointed out in the paper (limitation of the study), our population consisted of patients at low-risk for diffuse vascular disease. Although this could not be . . . [Full Text of this Article]