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Figure 8 Association of use of at least one IMA at CABG with survival. Hazard function after CABG for a patient receiving all venous grafts and one receiving at least one IMA (generally to the left anterior coronary artery). All other risk factors were held at the median values. The hazard function curve is below that of the general U.S. population for a dozen years for patients with one IMA.
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