title: [Is the quality of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting equivalent to that of conventional coronary artery bypass grafting].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yazima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: 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