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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:781
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642, USA

This article by Magee and associates is a study aimed at evaluating the impact of a coronary revascularization using off-pump and traditional cardiopulmonary bypass techniques in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients. This study is a nonrandomized retrospective analysis of 9,965 patients having cardiopulmonary bypass by 22 cardiac surgeons over a 5-year period.

This study is timely as the most recent literature demonstrates coronary artery bypass surgery is the preferred method of revascularization in diabetic patients as compared to angioplasty . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001 72: 776-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]