Short-term and Long-term Postoperative Safety of Off-Pump versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-analysis for Randomized Controlled Trials.

Conclusion Short-term postoperative safety was similar between off-pump and on-pump CABG. A high revascularization rate was the drawback of off-pump CABG for CHD patients in long-term follow-up. PMID: 25803118 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25803118?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - March 24, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Luo T, Ni Y Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research