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Does off-pump CABG improve short-term and long-term postoperative safety compared to on-pump CABG in patients with coronary heart disease?
Does off-pump CABG improve short-term and long-term postoperative safety compared to on-pump CABG in patients with coronary heart disease?
While short-term safety is similar, off-pump CABG is associated with a higher long-term need for revascularization compared to on-pump CABG.
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Short-term safety equivalence supports individualized CABG choice; challenges off-pump preference by confirming higher long-term revascularization.
Short-term postoperative safety was similar between off-pump and on-pump CABG. A high revascularization rate was the drawback of off-pump CABG for CHD patients in long-term follow-up.
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Luo et al. (2015) studied this question.
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