Coronary-artery bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 04, 2011

Authors

Eric J Velazquez1, Kerry L Lee, Marek A Deja, Anil Jain, George Sopko, Andrey Marchenko, Imtiaz S Ali, Gerald Pohost, Sinisa Gradinac, William T Abraham, Michael Yii, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Hanna Szwed, Paolo Ferrazzi, Mark C Petrie, Christopher M O'Connor, Pradit Panchavinnin, Lilin She, Robert O Bonow, Gena Roush Rankin, Robert H Jones, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, STICH Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. eric.velazquez@duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Comparison of Surgical and Medical Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease (STICH) | NCT00023595

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