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Does off-pump coronary-artery bypass grafting improve the primary composite outcome compared to on-pump CABG in patients undergoing CABG?
Does off-pump coronary-artery bypass grafting improve the primary composite outcome compared to on-pump CABG in patients undergoing CABG?
Off-pump CABG does not significantly differ from on-pump CABG in terms of primary composite outcomes, repeat revascularization, quality of life, or neurocognitive function at 1 year.
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Off-pump and on-pump CABG show equivalent 1-year outcomes; reinforces technique selection by expertise rather than outcome superiority.
At 1 year after CABG, there was no significant difference between off-pump and on-pump CABG with respect to the primary composite outcome, the rate of repeat coronary revascularization, quality of life, or neurocognitive function. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; CORONARY ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00463294.).
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