The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1326-1330, December 2009

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery provides better survival in patients with acute coronary syndrome or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction experiencing cardiogenic shock after percutaneous coronary intervention: A propensity score analysis

  • Fu-Chun Chiu, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liou City, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan
    • F.-C.C. and S.-N.C. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Sheng-Nan Chang, MS, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liou City, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan
    • F.-C.C. and S.-N.C. contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jou-Wei Lin, MPH, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liou City, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Jou-Wei Lin, MPH, MD, PhD, Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, 579 Yun-Lin Rd, Section 2, Dou-Liou City, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan, 640, or Yih-Sharng Chen, MD, PhD, Section of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S. Rd, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan 100.
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  • Juey-Jen Hwang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Dou-Liou City, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yih-Sharng Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 23 October 2008; received in revised form 24 February 2009; accepted 20 March 2009. published online 11 June 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00484-X

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.038

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1326-1330, December 2009

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