The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 292-293 , February 2007

Reply to Di Donato and colleagues

  • James O. O’Neill, FRCPI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Cardiology, Conolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
    • ,
  • Randall C. Starling, FACC, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Randall C. Starling, FACC, MPH, Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44118.
    • ,
  • Mina K. Chung, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 9 September 2006 ,Accepted 20 September 2006.

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 Mina Chung reports consulting and lecture fees from Medtronic and Guidant and grant support from Medtronic. Randall Starling reports consulting fees from Medtronic.

PII: S0022-5223(06)01971-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.063

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 292-293 , February 2007

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