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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Interventional Center, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien, 0027 Olso, Norway

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Optimal selection of conduits is important for the prognosis after coronary bypass grafting (CABG). Gastroepiploic artery (GEA) grafts have better long-term patency than saphenous vein grafts [1], but except in Japan, where the authors of this article practice, grafting with the GEA has not gained widespread use. Concerns have been the need to open the abdomen and the lack . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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