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Coronary Artery Bypass
Society of Thoracic Surgeons issues guidelines to improve women's outcomes
February 17th, 2005
Using data collected from its STS National Database, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in the U.S. recently released a "Gender-Specific Practice Guideline" to provide surgeons with ways to help improve outcomes for women who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). "As clinical data become more accessible, physicians discover that what we know to do and what we actually do are surprisingly different. This practice guideline is aimed precisely at that hand/mind disconnect," explained Fred Edwards, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Florida, Shands Jacksonville, and chair of the Society's Workforce on National Databases. "If we follow the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-17)
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