Journal article
Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting at 30 Days
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The relative benefits and risks of performing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with a beating-heart technique (off-pump CABG), as compared with cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG), are not clearly established.
METHODS: At 79 centers in 19 countries, we randomly assigned 4752 patients in whom CABG was planned to undergo the procedure off-pump or on-pump. The first coprimary outcome was a composite of death, nonfatal stroke, …
Authors
Lamy A; Devereaux PJ; Prabhakaran D; Taggart DP; Hu S; Paolasso E; Straka Z; Piegas LS; Akar AR; Jain AR
Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 366, No. 16, pp. 1489–1497
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
April 19, 2012
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa1200388
ISSN
0028-4793