The influence of socioeconomic status on the decision to use bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery
Patients from more distressed communities are less likely to receive BIMA grafting. This suggests that surgeons may unknowingly consider socioeconomic factors as part of their decision making for BIMA grafting.
Authors
- Koji Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-1911)
- Paul Kurlansky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2681-9885)
- Chunhui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0370-4989)
- Pengchen Wang
- TL Powley
- Yu Hohri
Institutions
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Open
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2025.10.021
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00