Summary...... 1277 1.3. 4. Comparison With Percutaneous Techniques...... 1277 1.3. 4.1.
Overview of Randomized Trials...... 1278 1.3. 4.2. Results of Randomized Trials...... 1280 1.3 …

As there is even yet a lingering doubt in many minds with regard to some trees, whether they
bear flowers and seed or not, it is the more important to show not only that they do, but for …

Whenever possible, the recommendations listed in this document are evidence based.
Articles reviewed in this guideline revision covered evidence from the past 10 years through …

Objectives. We sought to examine, angiographically, the long-term fate of a large number of
mainly venous coronary bypass grafts and to correlate graft patency and disease with …

Background Aortocoronary bypass surgery has been performed most often with the patient's
saphenous vein as the conduit. The internal-thoracic-artery graft, which has superior …

Background Increasing evidence continues to demonstrate a survival advantage for bilateral
internal mammary artery (BIMA) over left internal mammary artery (LIMA) for coronary artery …

Although use of one internal mammary artery (IMA) for coronary artery bypass grafting does
not appear to be associated with increased risk, the results with both IMAs are less certain; …

Background. The superior long-term patency of the internal mammary artery (IMA) confers
important short-term and late survival advantages when grafted to the left anterior …

Previous studies have provided conflicting evidence as to whether an increased risk of
mediastinitis is associated with use of the internal mammary artery as a coronary bypass …

OBJECTIVE: Sternal wound complications, ie instability and/orinfection (mediastinitis), are
important causes of morbidity in patientsundergoing cardiac surgery via median sternotomy …