Off-Pump versus On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients

Diegeler, Anno; Börgermann, Jochen; Kappert, Utz; Breuer, Martin; Böning, Andreas; Ursulescu, Adrian; Rastan, Ardawan; Holzhey, David; Treede, Hendrik; Rieß, Friedrich‐Christian; Veeckmann, Philippe; Asfoor, Amjad; Reents, Wilko; Zacher, Michael; Hilker, Michael

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1211666

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Off-Pump versus On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 11, 2013

Authors:

Anno Diegeler

Jochen Börgermann

Utz Kappert

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The benefits of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) without cardiopulmonary bypass in the elderly are still undetermined. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients 75 years of age or older who were scheduled for elective first-time CABG to undergo the procedure either without cardiopulmo...

Subject

Medicine

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Bypass grafting

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