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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:2026-2027
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

INVITED COMMENTARY

Verdi J. DiSesa, MD

Section of Cardiac Surgery, The Chester County Hospital, 701 East Marshall St, West Chester, PA 19380, USA

vdisesa@cchosp.com

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This article reports a retrospective examination of independent factors increasing the likelihood of referral for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in a cohort of 688 patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes admitted to a single tertiary care center over a 30-month period. A test cohort was used to generate a prediction model, which then was tested in a validation cohort. The model was specific but relatively insensitive, correctly identifying only 50% of the patients referred . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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