**report from the Bmj's Manuscript Committee Meeting**
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Unfortunately, all retrospective cohort studies are subject to unmeasured confounders, and research using large datasets collected for non-research purposes, such as in this study, is no different. However, we have performed a rigorous analysis of these data, and our findings are novel, biologically plausible, and clinically relevant; given the rarity of perioperative stroke and MI, it is unlikely that any other study design could be used to demonstrate this association. We have tried to present our findings in a light appropriately tempered with restraint because of the work’s inherent methodological limitations.
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