Endoscopic vein harvest: benefits beyond (a) reasonable doubt?

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Gianluca Lucchese et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1342-S1345.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.06.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Randomized Trial of Endoscopic or Open Vein-Graft Harvesting for Coronary-Artery Bypass.
Zenati MA, Bhatt DL, Bakaeen FG, Stock EM, Biswas K, Gaziano JM, Kelly RF, Tseng EE, Bitondo J, Quin JA, Almassi GH, Haime M, Hattler B, DeMatt E, Scrymgeour A, Huang GD; REGROUP Trial Investigators. Zenati MA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jan 10;380(2):132-141. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1812390. Epub 2018 Nov 11. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 30417737 Clinical Trial.

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