The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 38-46.e1 , July 2007

The effect of coronary artery bypass grafting on specific causes of long-term mortality in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation

  • David R. Holmes Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn
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  • Lauren J. Kim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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  • Maria Mori Brooks, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Maria Mori Brooks, PhD, The University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, A530 Crabtree Hall/130 DeSoto St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
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  • Kevin E. Kip, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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  • Hartzell V. Schaff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn
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  • Katherine M. Detre, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
    • Katherine M. Detre, MD, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is deceased.
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  • Robert L. Frye, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn
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  • Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) Investigators

Received 10 August 2006 ,Revised 2 January 2007 ,Accepted 5 January 2007.

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 This study was supported by the following grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: HL38493, HL38504, HL38509, HL38512, HL38514-6, HL38518, HL38524-5, HL38529, HL38532, HL38556, HL38610, HL38642, and HL42145.

PII: S0022-5223(07)00466-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.076

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 38-46.e1 , July 2007

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