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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: On-pump and Off-pump Techniques

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Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is well recognized as the standard of care for patients with multi-vessels coronary artery disease. The risk of CABG is reducing due to better cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), anaesthetic, and operating technique. It is believed that by avoiding CPB, off-pump CABG (OPCAB) may further reduce the risk of CABG and the related cost. However, the controversy for OPCAB remains the conversion risk, graft patency, and completeness of revascularization.

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Kwok, M.W.T., Lau, R.W.H., Wong, R.H.L., Underwood, M.J. (2016). Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: On-pump and Off-pump Techniques. In: Ţintoiu, I., Underwood, M., Cook, S., Kitabata, H., Abbas, A. (eds) Coronary Graft Failure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26515-5_2

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