Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 528-534 , September 2010

What are the Predictors that Affect the Excellent Long-term Benefits of Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

  • Ayyaz Ali, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Darryl Ramoutar, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Hutan Ashrafian, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Yasir Abu-Omar, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Darren Freed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ahmad Y. Sheikh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ziad Ali, MRCS, FRCP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Thanos Athanasiou, PhD, FETCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) Building, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 0 20 7886 7630; fax: +44 0 20 7886 6309.
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  • John Wallwork, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom

Received 7 August 2009 ,Revised 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.02.028

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 528-534 , September 2010

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