Response by Szczeklik et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Ivabradine in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A
Wojciech Szczeklik1, Zbigniew Putowski1, P J Devereaux2
1Centre for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland (W.S., Z.P.).
Circulation
|May 4, 2026
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