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. 2015 Oct;150(4):783-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.037. Epub 2015 Jul 17.

The diabetes epidemic and its effect on cardiac surgery practice

Sajjad Raza  1 , Eugene H Blackstone  2 , Joseph F Sabik 3rd  3
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The diabetes epidemic and its effect on cardiac surgery practice

Sajjad Raza et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: coronary artery bypass grafting; cost; diabetes.

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Statement Dr Sabik is the North American principal investigator for the Abbott Laboratories–sponsored left main coronary disease randomized trial (EXCEL), is on the Society for Thoracic Surgeons Board of Directors, and is on the scientific advisory board of Medtronic. All other authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

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