title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting revisited: experience and evidence from Japan.
abstract: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) is performed in about 65% of patients who require surgical coronary revascularization, and has become the standard procedure in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Japan. As a background of the high rate of OPCAB, many clinical and experimental studies have been performed and reported in Japan. In this review, several factors associated with OPCAB are discussed based on relevant and important clinical studies published in Japan in the English language.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. yakuh@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaku
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okawa
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000401:mortality; D004867:Equipment Design; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D016896:Treatment Outcome