Safety of Simultaneous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Carotid Endarterectomy Versus Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—Although our results cannot rule out a treatment-group effect because of lack of power, a superiority of the synchronous combined carotid endarterectomy+CABG approach seems unlikely. Five-year follow-up of patients is still ongoing.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: https://www.controlled-trials.com. Unique identifier: ISRCTN13486906.

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Source: Stroke - September 25, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Christian Weimar, Konstantinos Bilbilis, Jan Rekowski, Torulv Holst, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Martin Breuer, Manfred Dahm, Anno Diegeler, Arne Kowalski, Sven Martens, Friedrich W. Mohr, Jiri Ondrašek, Beate Reiter, Peter Roth, Ralf Seipelt, Markus Sig Tags: Cardiovascular Surgery Original Contributions Source Type: research