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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:513
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Impact of multiple grafts to each myocardial territory on long-term survival

Enoch Akowuah, MBCHB, MD, MRCS, FRCS (C-TH), Sanjay Theodore, MCH, James Tatoulis, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the recent article by Chu and colleagues1Go examining the impact of multiple grafts to each myocardial territory on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting. We think, however, that a number of points need to be clarified before their conclusions that multiple grafts to each myocardial territory do not confer survival benefit can be supported.

The first point is in relation to the difference between the groups with respect to the total . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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