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Does coronary artery revascularization before major vascular surgery benefit patients with coronary artery disease?

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boxed-textMcFalls EO et al. (2004) Coronary-artery revascularization before elective major vascular surgery. N Engl J Med 351: 2795–2804

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Rubin, B., Beattie, W. Does coronary artery revascularization before major vascular surgery benefit patients with coronary artery disease?. Nat Rev Cardiol 2, 190–191 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0162

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