Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Consecutive Patients: Decision-Making Algorithm and Outcomes

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 81; no. 2; pp. 555 - 561
• Main Authors: Brown, James M., Poston, Robert S., Gammie, James S., Cardarelli, Marcello G., Schwartz, Kimberly, Sikora, Jo Ann H., Yi, Susan, Pierson, Richard N., Griffith, Bartley P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.02.2006
• Subjects: Aged; Algorithms; Benchmarking; Comorbidity; Coronary Artery Bypass - mortality; Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump - mortality; Coronary Artery Disease - mortality; Coronary Artery Disease - surgery; Decision Making; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Treatment Outcome; 23

Debate continues between on-pump or off-pump approach for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We used off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) as a tool within a decision-making algorithm driven by the patient-related factors of coronary anatomy and comorbidity. Our analysis presents thi...