Advances in Interventional Cardiology
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Female sex as a possible factor associated with favorable long-term outcomes in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz
1
,
Michał Michalak
2
,
Antoni F. Araszkiewicz
3
,
Paweł Wójcik
3
,
Krzysztof Jańczak
4
,
Szymon Kubiak
3
,
Marek Jemielity
1

  1. Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology Department, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  2. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  3. Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Cardiac Surgery Students Research Group, Poznan, Poland
  4. Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Cardiology Students Research Group, Poznan, Poland
Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 1 (83): 97–102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160035
Online publish date: 2026/03/09
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