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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 23 > Study has questions on bypass method

Study has questions on bypass method

By Sarah Avery / The Bulletin
July 23, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. — Nearly 70 percent of heart bypass surgeries in the United States use a small incision in the leg to harvest a vein for grafting into the heart, but the method now appears to result in slightly more heart attacks and deaths years later.

The findings, reported in The New....

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