Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Reduces Early Stroke in Octogenarians: A Meta-Analysis of 18,000 Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Coronary artery bypass in octogenarians can be performed safely with low early mortality. Although off-pump operations reduce the risk of early stroke, all other adverse events are comparable in on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass operations. Data regarding late mortality is at present limited; however, both on- and off-pump procedures appear to produce comparable survival. PMID: 25791924 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 17, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Altarabsheh SE, Deo SV, Rababa'h AM, Lim JY, Cho YH, Sharma V, Jung SH, Shin E, Markowitz AH, Park SJ Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research