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Editorial
. 2017 Oct 31;136(18):1686-1687.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031189.

Bilateral Versus Single Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Grafting: Do We Have the Answer?

Frank W Sellke  1
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Editorial

Bilateral Versus Single Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Grafting: Do We Have the Answer?

Frank W Sellke. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; graft survival; mammary arteries.

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