[Is the quality of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting equivalent to that of conventional coronary artery bypass grafting].
We analyzed 44 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) from November 2001 to March 2003. Of 44 patients, 40 patients (29 men and 11 women; mean age 68.1 +/- 9.2 years) underwent off-pump CABG (OPCAB) [90.9%]. The mean number of bypass grafts was 2.53 +/- 0.78. In-hospital mortality was none and major complications except for one case of reexploration for bleeding were not seen. The early patency rate of over-all grafts was 94.6%. The quality of OPCAB was considered to be equivalent to conventional CABG.
Imamaki
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Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Masuda
M
M
Ishida
A
A
Shimura
H
H
Nishimura
K
K
Yazima
N
N
Ishida
K
K
Miyazaki
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency