Toward zero: deep sternal wound infection after 1001 consecutive coronary artery bypass procedures using arterial grafts: implications for diabetic patients.

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  2014

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  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

• Publication date

  2014-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.022PMID 24613159
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