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Randomized Trial of Bilateral versus Single Internal-Thoracic-Artery Grafts.

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Background: The use of bilateral internal thoracic (mammary) arteries for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) may improve long-term outcomes as compared with the use of a single internal-thoracic-artery plus vein grafts.
Methods: We randomly assigned patients scheduled for CABG to undergo single or bilateral internal-thoracic-artery grafting in 28 cardiac surgical centers in seven countries. The primary outcome was death from any cause at 10 years. The composite of death from a...

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10.1056/NEJMoa1610021

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Surgical Sciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
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Population Health
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Surgical Sciences
Role:
Author
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher's website
Journal:
New England Journal of Medicine Journal website
Volume:
375
Pages:
2540-2549
Publication date:
2016-11-14
Acceptance date:
2016-10-19
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EISSN:
1533-4406
ISSN:
0028-4793
Language:
English
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uuid:cd5b23c6-7176-444f-93dd-0a668b6d3adb
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665768
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2016-12-14

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