Does bilateral internal mammary artery grafting improve perioperative mortality and long-term survival across genders in patients undergoing CABG?
Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting reverses the negative influence of gender on both short- and long-term outcomes of CABG surgery.
When liberally applied, BIMA grafting ameliorates both the increased perioperative mortality in female patients and the reduced long-term survival of male patients, effectively reversing the negative influence of gender on both short- and long-term outcomes of CABG surgery.
Kurlansky et al. (2013) studied this question.