The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 4 , Pages 840-845, April 2009

Impact of prior percutaneous coronary intervention on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery: A multicenter analysis

  • Parwis Massoudy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart Center Essen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Parwis Massoudy, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart Center Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany.
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  • Matthias Thielmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart Center Essen, Germany
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  • Nils Lehmann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Anja Marr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Georg Kleikamp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Ariane Maleszka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Armin Zittermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Reiner Körfer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Miriam Radu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
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  • Arno Krian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
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  • Jens Litmathe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Emmeran Gams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Ömer Sezer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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  • Hans Scheld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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  • Wolfgang Schiller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Armin Welz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Guido Dohmen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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  • Rüdiger Autschbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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  • Ingo Slottosch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
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  • Thorsten Wahlers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
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  • Markus Neuhäuser, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
    • Department of Mathematics and Technique, Rhein Ahr Campus Remagen, Koblenz University of Applied Science for the NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia) CABG Study group, Koblenz, Germany
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  • Karl-Heinz Jöckel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Heinz Jakob, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart Center Essen, Germany

Received 24 June 2008; received in revised form 20 August 2008; accepted 3 September 2008. published online 19 January 2009.

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 Drs Massoudy and Thielmann equally contributed to this work.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01493-1

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.005

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 4 , Pages 840-845, April 2009

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