The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 503-511.e3 , March 2008

Optimal timing of coronary artery bypass after acute myocardial infarction: A review of California discharge data

  • Eric S. Weiss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • David D. Chang, MBA, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • David L. Joyce, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Lois U. Nwakanma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • David D. Yuh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David D. Yuh, MD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 618, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Received 30 June 2007 ,Revised 6 October 2007 ,Accepted 19 October 2007.

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 Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Association, June 27 to 30, Santa Anna Pueblo, New Mexico, Sampson Award Finalist.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01872-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.042

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 503-511.e3 , March 2008

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