Off‐pump versus on‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting for ischaemic heart disease

CH Møller, L Penninga, J Wetterslev… - Cochrane Database …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed both without and with
cardiopulmonary bypass, referred to as off‐pump and on‐pump CABG respectively …

Does off-pump coronary artery bypass reduce mortality, morbidity, and resource utilization when compared with conventional coronary artery bypass? A meta-analysis …

DC Cheng, D Bainbridge, JE Martin… - The Journal of the …, 2005 - pubs.asahq.org
The authors undertook a meta-analysis of 37 randomized trials (3369 patients) of off-pump
coronary artery bypass surgery versus conventional coronary artery bypass surgery. No …

The relationship between cerebral oxygen saturation changes and postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

E de Tournay-Jetté, G Dupuis, L Bherer… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of cerebral regional
oxygen saturation (rSO2) in the occurrence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in …

Off-pump coronary artery surgery for reducing mortality and morbidity: meta-analysis of randomized and observational studies

DN Wijeysundera, WS Beattie, G Djaiani, V Rao… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of off-pump coronary bypass
surgery (OPCAB) on mortality and morbidity. Background: Despite its potential for reducing …

One-year coronary bypass graft patency: a randomized comparison between off-pump and on-pump surgery angiographic results of the PRAGUE-4 trial

P Widimsky, Z Straka, P Stros, K Jirasek, J Dvorak… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
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 …

Comparing on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: numerous studies but few conclusions: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association …

FW Sellke, JM DiMaio, LR Caplan, TB Ferguson… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
One of the most hotly debated and polarizing issues in cardiac surgery has been whether
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass or …

Inflammatory response to cardiac surgery: cardiopulmonary bypass versus non-cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

J Larmann, G Theilmeier - Best practice & research Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
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 …

Silent brain injury after cardiac surgery: a review: cognitive dysfunction and magnetic resonance imaging diffusion-weighted imaging findings

X Sun, J Lindsay, LH Monsein, PC Hill… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
The appearance of cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery in the absence of focal
neurologic signs, a poorly understood but potentially devastating complication, almost …

Coronary bypass surgery performed off pump does not result in lower in-hospital morbidity than coronary artery bypass grafting performed on pump

JF Légaré, KJ Buth, S King, J Wood, JA Sullivan… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—There is increasing evidence that cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be
responsible for the morbidity associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

Development and validation of Transfusion Risk Understanding Scoring Tool (TRUST) to stratify cardiac surgery patients according to their blood transfusion needs

AA Alghamdi, A Davis, S Brister, P Corey… - Transfusion, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with transfusion reactions,
infection transmission, and postoperative morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study …