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Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of mortality and premature morbidity in the United States, accounting for over 50% of the reported yearly deaths. Approximately 560,000 Americans succumb each year from myocardial infarctions, with another 4.6 million of the population reporting either a history of angina or myocardial infarction [1]. In response to this major health problem, myocardial revascularization via coronary artery bypass grafting has emerged as one of the most dramatic, invasive, as well as disputed, treatment modalities for the management of coronary artery disease.
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Hawthorne, M.H. (1990). An Interpretive Study of the Metaphors Male Coronary Artery Surgery Patients Use to Describe the Surgical Experience. In: Willner, A.E., Rodewald, G. (eds) Impact of Cardiac Surgery on the Quality of Life. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0647-4_10
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