BACKGROUND: It is not known which patient subgroups may benefit most from off-pump
coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) rather than coronary artery bypass grafting on …

Objectives To assess the benefits and risks of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB)
versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a meta-analysis of randomized …

The orange diamond denotes the pooled hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval
(CI). Blue squares indicate the HR in each study. Black horizontal lines represent the 95 …

Background Despite many studies comparing on-versus off-pump coronary artery bypass
graft (CABG), there is no consensus as to whether one of these techniques offers patients …

Background—The survival difference between off-pump and on-pump coronary artery
bypass graft surgery for follow-up longer than 5 years is not well-understood. The objective …

Background. The impact of off-pump median sternotomy coronary artery bypass grafting
procedures on risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity was evaluated versus on-pump …

Recently published evidence has raised concerns about worse late mortality and increasing
need for reintervention after off‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting. We undertook this …

OBJECTIVES Conclusive evidence is lacking regarding the benefits and risks of performing
off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for patients with diabetes …

BACKGROUND: As the population of the United States and Western Europe ages, the
number of patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for …

The superiority of either off-pump (OPCAB) or on-pump (ONCAB) coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) remains unclear despite a large body of literature evidence comparing the …