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Does aprotinin increase the long-term risk of mortality in patients undergoing CABG surgery?

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The synopsis was written by Alexandra King, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. British Heart Foundation Department of Cardiac Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, B Block, Second Floor, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK k.m.taylor@ic.ac.uk

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  1. K Taylor holds the British Heart Foundation Chair in Cardiac Surgery at the University of London and Imperial College, and is Director of Cardiac Services at the Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.,

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Taylor, K. Does aprotinin increase the long-term risk of mortality in patients undergoing CABG surgery?. Nat Rev Cardiol 4, 416–417 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0934

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