title: Beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting. A theatre nurse's perspective.
abstract: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been going through a time warp. The development of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), together with continuing advances in equipment and refinement of techniques, introduced a high level of safety for CABG operations. Recently, however, with pharmacological and technological advances, surgeons have been able to 'go back in time' and undertake complex CABG surgery without CPB.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospitals, Belfast.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spence
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection