title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in India.
abstract: Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB) is the latest innovation in cardiac surgery. However OPCAB is not adopted universally. Even there have been suggestions of abandoning OPCAB in a special report. In India, OPCAB has been successfully adopted across the board. There are various evidences which favor OPCAB and are discussed in this review. The purpose of this review is to put forward the perspective of the OPCAB surgeons of our country and critically look at the suggestion of abandoning OPCAB.
authors.affiliation: Private Practice Attached to Multiple Hospitals in Mumbai, C-801/802 Raheja Sherwood, Behind Hub Mall, Off Western Express Highway, Nirlon Compound, Goregaon East, Mumbai 400063, India. Electronic address: kamalessk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kamales Kumar
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: CABG; Coronary artery bypass grafting; OPCAB with aortic-no-touch; Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting