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The 30-day readmission rate for CABG surgery remains high, despite decreases in short-term mortality. Patients with any of the numerous risk factors for readmission should be closely monitored. Hospital readmission rates are not highly correlated with mortality rates and might serve as an independent quality measure.

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Preoperative dialysis-dependent renal failure is a strong independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality and mediastinitis after CABG.

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