title: In-hospital outcome of 212 consecutive patients with off-pump coronary artery bypass at Zagreb University Hospital Center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the in-hospital outcome of patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 212 consecutive patients (147 men and 65 women) undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting between March 2000 and March 2002. Mean +/- SD age of the patients was 60 +/- 8 years. We analyzed in-hospital mortality and perioperative and postoperative course of treatment of our patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean +/- SD number of grafts was 2.9 +/- 0.9 per patient. More than 75% of patients were extubated within the first 6 h after surgery, and 6% received no blood transfusions. The mortality rate was 2.8% and there were no intraoperative deaths.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Off-pump coronary artery bypass procedure seems a safe alternative to standard on-pump revascularization procedures and can also be safely suggested to elderly population.
authors.affiliation: Department for Cardiac Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia. danic@hi.hinet.hr
authors.forename: Darko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anić
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gasparovic
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gosev
authors.forename: Zeljko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Durić
authors.forename: Visnja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ivancan
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lekić
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jelić
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001163:Arteriovenous Anastomosis; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D019990:Perioperative Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome