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Letters to the Editor

Reply to Yavuz et al.

^a Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
^b University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Received 31 July 2007; accepted 6 August 2007.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: University of Cambridge, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 8RE, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 1480 830541; fax: +44 1954 710475. (Email: cliffchoong@hotmail.com).

Key Words: Coronary • Cardiac • Surgery • Re-exploration • Bleeding

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We thank Yavuz et al. [1] for their interest and useful comments regarding our study. Yavuz et al. has stated that the current re-exploration rate for bleeding is 3.1% [1]. They have, however, not provided a reference for this figure of 3.1% and have not clarified whether this was following CABG alone or inclusive of all cardiac surgery. Our figure of 5.9% from a study population of 3220 consecutive patients over a 3-year period is inclusive of patients who had concomitant valve surgery (16.9%) and redo-CABG (2.4%) as stated in . . . [Full Text of this Article]