Cardiac surgery has been routinely performed using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) ever
since its clinical introduction during the 1950s. CPB is, however, associated with an intense …

Despite many years of clinical and experimental research, the contribution of
cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and cardioplegic arrest to morbidity and mortality following …

ContextPrevious trials of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) have enrolled selected
patients and have not rigorously evaluated long-term graft patency. A preliminary report …

Background The effect of the use of coronary-artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary
bypass and cardiac arrest (“off pump”) on graft patency remains uncertain. We undertook a …

Background—Off-pump coronary bypass surgery has become a widely used technique
during recent years. However, limited data are available with regard to 1-year patency of …

are, however, changing and the population of people with intellectual disabilities increased
by 53% over the 35 year period 1960-95, which equals 1.2% per year. 1 A further 11 …

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery bypass grafting can now be performed with or without
cardiopulmonary bypass. Our objective was to determine whether off-pump coronary artery …

It has been suggested that the morbidity associated with cardiopulmonary bypass can be
attributed in part to the blood–material and blood–air interactions in the extracorporeal …

Background—There is increasing evidence that cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be
responsible for the morbidity associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

Increasing interest is being shown in beating heart (off‐pump) coronary artery surgery
(OPCAB) because, compared with operations performed with cardiopulmonary bypass …