OPCAB surgery is cost-effective for elderly patients.

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Published in Scand Cardiovasc J on April 08, 2013

Authors

Kim Houlind1, Bo Juul Kjeldsen, Susanne Nørgaard Madsen, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Susanne Juel Holme, Peter Appel Pallesen, Poul Erik Mortensen, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Søren Jepsen Beck, Lars Holger Ehlers, DOORS Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. kim.christian.houlind@slb.regionsyddanmark.dk

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