Coronary artery bypass grafting, one of the most common and demanding operations in cardiac surgery, saves countless lives each year, but its outcomes in older patients remain stubbornly unpredictable. Now, a research team in China reports that a remarkably simple number, calculated from just two blood fat measurements and a patient’s body weight, may predict which elderly patients are most likely to suffer complications after the procedure. The…
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