title: Beating heart surgery.
abstract: Off-pump beating heart coronary revascularization is a valuable surgical technique for high-risk patients, particularly those with severe atherosclerotic changes of the aorta, COPD, recent stroke, or for those in whom blood administration is contraindicated. Advances in clampless surgical techniques should further the benefit of OPCAB versus conventional CABG mostly in terms of stroke risk reduction. For now, routine use of OPCAB for all surgical revascularization procedures remains in question.
authors.affiliation: Brown Medical School, Department of Surgery, The Miriam Hospital, USA. elilly@lifespan.org
authors.forename: R Eric
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lilly
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome