Survival benefit of coronary-artery bypass grafting accounted for deaths in those who remained untreated

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Currently there are no direct estimates of mortality reduction afforded by coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) that take into account the deaths among patients for whom coronary revascularization was indicated but who did not unde...

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Main Authors: Levy Adrian R, Kuramoto Lisa, Hayden Robert, Fradet Guy, Sobolev Boris G, FitzGerald Mark J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/47