Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2880811 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2009 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Patients with patent left internal thoracic artery to LAD grafts who develop non-LAD territory jeopardy derive no survival benefit from reintervention, consistent with previous observations that for coronary reintervention to improve survival, the LAD territory must be jeopardized. Reintervention in patients with a patent left internal thoracic artery to LAD graft may be warranted to relieve symptoms, without expecting a survival benefit.
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Authors
Sreekumar MD, Joseph F. MD, Penny L. MS, Edward R. MD, MS, Eugene H. MD, Bruce W. MD,