Key result
Off-pump surgery for epicardial coronary vessels was developed to avoid the systemic inflammatory response of cardiopulmonary bypass but has not proven to be a panacea.
Population
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Comparison
Off-pump cardiac surgery vs Conventional cardiopulmonary bypass
Design
Editorial
Authors
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The editorial discusses the deleterious effects of conventional cardiopulmonary bypass and the limitations of off-pump surgery in the context of an aging and increasingly comorbid cardiac surgery population.
The editorial discusses the deleterious effects of conventional cardiopulmonary bypass and the limitations of off-pump surgery in the context of an aging and increasingly comorbid cardiac surgery population.
Andrew Chukwuemeka (2009) conducted an editorial in Cardiac surgery. Off-pump surgery vs. Conventional cardiopulmonary bypass was evaluated. Off-pump surgery for epicardial coronary vessels was developed to avoid the systemic inflammatory response of cardiopulmonary bypass but has not proven to be a panacea.
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