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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:754-755. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.01.015
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Letters to the Editor

Warm surgery: our experience

Vincenzo Cassanoa, Leonardo Milellab,*

a Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Paediatric Hospital Giovanni XXIII, Azienda Policlinico-Giovanni XXIII, Piazza G.Cesare 11, Bari, Italy
b Cardiac Surgery Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Paediatric Hospital Giovanni XXIII, Azienda Policlinico-Giovanni XXIII, Piazza G.Cesare 11, Bari, Italy

Received 20 November 2006; accepted 15 January 2007.

* Corresponding author. Address: Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII, 70121 Piazza G.Cesare, no. 11, Bari, Italy. Tel.: +39 080 5595109; fax: +39 080 5595109. (Email: lemilel@tin.it).

Key Words: Paeditric cardiac surgery • Normothermic perfusion

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We read with great interest the article ‘Normothermic cardiopulmonary by-pass and miocardial cardioplegia protection for neonatal arterial switch operation’ [1] by Pouard et al. [European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery; 30 (2006) 695–699].

The authors are to be congratulated for their warm approach to neonatal cardiac surgery while anywhere in the world the cold approach still remains the daily choice.

We have been happy to read about the experience of Dr Pouard because we have had in the recent past a short experience in our Peadiatric Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care Unit Department, performing the same type of procedures . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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