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• TITLE: Is coronary artery bypass surgery riskier in female?

  AUTHORS: Habib Cakir, Hasan Uncu, Ozcan Gur, Mehmet Acipayam, Ismail Yurekli, Ozsoyler Ibrahim

  KEYWORDS: Female; Mortality; Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.3 No.1, January 24, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: In this study we examined the early results of coronary artery bypass surgery in our female patients and compared them with those of our male patients. Material and Methods: One thousand and ninety four patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery between January 2009 and December 2011 inour clinic were included into this study. Three hundred and thirteen female patients (group 1) were compared to 781 male patients (group 2). Results: The mean age of group 1 was 61.4 ± 9.6, and the mean age of group 2 was 58.1 ± 9.6 (p 0.05). It was found that the amount of drainage was higher in group 1 than group 2 (p