Heart Bypass Surgery: Deadly Delays

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 20:21 in Health & Medicine

Delaying elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery may be a significant risk factor for post-operative death. Research published in the open access journal BMC Health Services Research reveals that when patients received timely surgery, the risk of death was reduced by a third.

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