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Why is "off-pump" coronary artery bypass grafting better?
1Department of Surgery, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. ebuffolo@zaz.com.br
The Heart Surgery Forum
|July 20, 2002
Abstract:
The objective of this contribution is to review the results of operations we have performed upon patients using the off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) technique. The OPCAB technique was examined as a cause of death in 2495 cases from September 1981 to September 1999. Our results indicated four deaths due to stroke and a total hospital mortality of 1.9% (48/2495). When myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is appropriately chosen, it is a treatment to be highly recommended for patients with coronary insufficiency.