Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: new developments but a better outcome?
Off-pump coronary artery surgery is now performed safely and effectively without cardiopulmonary bypass. This review includes indications, approaches, anaesthetic and haemodynamic management, and compares the occurrence of postoperative complications and multiorgan dysfunction with conventional cardiac surgery.
Mehta
Yatin
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India. yatinmehta@hotmail.com
Juneja
Rajiv
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