title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and most developed countries. The majority of deaths are due to coronary artery disease. It is estimated that 419,000 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures were performed in the United States in 2009 for the surgical treatment of coronary artery disease. Off-pump CABG (without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass) is an attractive less invasive operative approach with multiple patient benefits.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. lowtonj@wustl.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lawton
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D014481:United States; D014654:Vascular Patency