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• Is the radial artery associated with improved survival in older patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting? An analysis of a multicentre experience†.

  Shi WY, Hayward PA, Fuller JA, Tatoulis J, Rosalion A, Newcomb AE, Buxton BF. Shi WY, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jan;49(1):196-202. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv012. Epub 2015 Feb 10. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016. PMID: 25669645
• Equipoise between radial artery and right internal thoracic artery as the second arterial conduit in left internal thoracic artery-based coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a multi-institutional study†.

  Schwann TA, Hashim SW, Badour S, Obeid M, Engoren M, Tranbaugh RF, Bonnell MR, Habib RH. Schwann TA, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jan;49(1):188-95. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv093. Epub 2015 Mar 11. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016. PMID: 25762396
• The effects of using a radial artery in patients already receiving bilateral internal mammary arteries during coronary bypass grafting: 30-day outcomes and 14-year survival in a propensity-matched cohort.

  Grau JB, Kuschner CE, Johnson CK, Ferrari G, Zapolanski A, Brizzio ME, Shaw RE. Grau JB, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jan;49(1):203-10. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv176. Epub 2015 May 23. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016. PMID: 26003960