The Twenty-Fifth Annual Controversies,
Problems & Techniques Symposium is designed to help the practicing surgeon in
evaluating standards of care and new techniques/interventions in gastrointestinal
surgery. It is dedicated to identifying the relative strengths and weaknesses, advantages
and drawbacks, of each approach.
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Heeding the Sign of Increased CK-MB Level After Bypass Surgery
Background: Although it has been suggested that elevation of CK-MB after percutaneous
coronary intervention is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, limited data
are available in the setting of coronary bypass grafting. The aim of the present
study was to determine the incidence, predictors, and prognostic significance of
CK-MB elevation following multivessel coronary bypass grafting (CABG).
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