Journal article
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.
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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...
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Efficacy
MechanismEvaluationProgramme(09/800/29
Bibliographic Details
- 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
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1533-4406
- ISSN:
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0028-4793
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:665768
- UUID:
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uuid:cd5b23c6-7176-444f-93dd-0a668b6d3adb
- Local pid:
- pubs:665768
- Source identifiers:
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665768
- Deposit date:
- 2016-12-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2016 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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