Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:775
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Invited commentary
Irving L. Kron, MDa
a Thoracic & Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Lane Rd, Medical Research Bldg 4, Rm 3111, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1359, USA
e-mail: ikron@virginia.edu
Ascione and colleagues have reported 42 patients who underwent combined "one-stage" coronary bypass and aortic surgery from 1990 to 1999. The first 20 patients were done on bypass and the subsequent 22 had surgery on the beating heart. The authors had excellent results. With the off-pump technique and the combined procedure there was only one . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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