Uric acid levels and outcome from coronary artery bypass grafting

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Uric acid levels and outcome from coronary artery bypass grafting Graham S. Hillis, MBChB, PhD, Brian H. Cuthbertson, MBChB, MD, Patrick H. Gibson, BM, BCh, Jane D. McNeilly, BSc, MSc, PhD, Graeme S. Maclennan, MSc, Robert R. Jeffrey, MBChB, Keith G. Buchan, MBChB, Hussein El-Shafei, MBChB, MD, George Gibson, MBChB, Bernard L. Croal, MBChB, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 138, Issue 1, Pages 200-205 (July 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.052 Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Quartiles of uric acid and mortality. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 200-205DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.052) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions