April - 2012
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Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting at 30 DaysAndre Lamy, P.J.Devereaux, Dorairaij Prabhakaran, for the CORONARY Investigators. NEJM, 2012, 10.1056/nejmoa1200388 This page is only available to Crit-IQ subscribers. To view the rest of this review and gain access to our vast array of critical care teaching tools including podcasts, vodcasts, modules, exam preparation tools, teaching aids and much more, login here, or Become a Member to register |
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| The key problem here surely is the revascularisation rate in off pump CABG without any demonstrable benefits in the primary outcomes. Long term graft survival has also been questioned in other studies, which leaves me wondering about the role of off pump surgery. Any thoughts? | |
| Robert Loveridge-10 Apr, 2012 06:05:55 AM | |
Comment
Off-pump CABG was developed to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with cardiopulmonary bypass. It has been difficult to establish the effect on mortality, AMI, stroke and renal failure.
This large international, multi-centre, RCT, compared CABG to off-pump CABG in...