Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1798
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Invited commentary
Invited commentary
Richard M. Engelman, MDa
a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01107, USA
e-mail: richard.engelman@bhs.org
Bilfinger and associates have addressed a serious clinical issue in reviewing their experience with combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and comparing it with their experience with CABG alone. They obtained carotid duplex scans on every patient undergoing CABG and thus were able to assess the grade of stenosis . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Related Article
-
Coronary and carotid operations under prospective standardized conditions: incidence and outcome
- Thomas V. Bilfinger, Hassan Reda, Fabio Giron, Frank C. Seifert, and John J. Ricotta
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2000 69: 1792-1798.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
Copyright © 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.