Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 184-191 , April 2001

Approaches to reduce neurologic complications during cardiac surgery

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☆ Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grants from the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke: NS 28955, NS 20618, and NS 27500.

☆☆ Address reprint requests to John W. Hammon, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. E-mail: jhammon@wfubmc.edu

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Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 184-191 , April 2001

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