Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 184-190 , June 2009

Clinical characteristics and early mortality of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting compared to percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) and the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) Registries

  • Bryan P. Yan, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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  • David J. Clark, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiology, Austin, Australia
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  • Brian Buxton, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Austin, Australia
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  • Andrew E. Ajani, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne, Australia
    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Monash University, Australia
    • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Julian A. Smith, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Australia
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  • Stephen J. Duffy, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiology, Alfred Hospitals, Australia
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  • Gil C. Shardey, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Australia
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  • Peter D. Skillington, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Melbourne, Australia
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  • Omar Farouque, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiology, Austin, Australia
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  • Michael Yii, MBBS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent Hospitals, Victoria, Australia
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  • Cheng-Hon Yap, MBBS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Melbourne, Australia
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  • Nick Andrianopoulos, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Monash University, Australia
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  • Angela Brennan, RN

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Monash University, Australia
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  • Diem Dinh

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Monash University, Australia
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  • Christopher M. Reid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Monash University, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9903 0517.
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  • on behalf of the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS), the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

Received 29 July 2008 ,Accepted 3 October 2008.

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PII: S1443-9506(08)00919-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.10.005

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 184-190 , June 2009

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