Is long-term survival benefit of internal thoracic artery grafting negligible in a patient with bad ventricle?
Patient survival after CABG using an ITA graft may be affected by the level of preoperative EF. The internal thoracic artery-specific patient survival benefit appears to be less in a patient with poor left ventricular function.
The serum expression of clusterin is significantly decreased in both serum and tissues of hepatic carcinoma patients. The relationship between hepatic carcinoma and clusterin should be evaluated in future studies.