Myocardial revascularization: do age and sex matter?

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Piroze M Davierwala et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1244-E1248.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.45.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig Germany.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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