Coronary bypass: is it time to take the next step--the routine use of the second arterial graft?

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¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. Electronic address: mhalkos@emory.edu.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

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Michael E Halkos et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Oct.

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. 2014 Oct;148(4):1149-51.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.030. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. Electronic address: mhalkos@emory.edu.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

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