Journal article
The Canadian off-pump coronary artery bypass graft registry: a one-year prospective comparison with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The authors sought to examine in-hospital and one-year outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and to determine the subgroups of patients most likely to benefit from the off-pump procedure in a regular surgical practice.
METHODS: From March 2001 to December 2002, 1657 consecutive patients were treated with off-pump CABG and 1693 consecutive patients were treated with on-pump CABG. Propensity score modelling was …
Authors
Lamy A; Farrokhyar F; Kent R; Wang X; Smith KM; Mullen JC; Carrier M; Cheung A; Baillot R
Journal
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 21, No. 13, pp. 1175–1181
Publication Date
November 2005
ISSN
0828-282X