Is off-pump bypass better? Adverse effects of on-pump conversion [6] (multiple letters)

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2036-2037

  Sinclair, Michael C ^a   Wilsker, Gregory A ^a   Morris, D Lynn ^a   Mohan, Rajeev ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a   Plomondon, Mary E ^b   Cleveland Jr , Joseph C ^b   Ludwig, Shann T ^b   Grunwald, Gary K ^b   Kiefe, Catarina I ^b   Grover, Frederick L ^b   Shroyer, A Laurie W ^b  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Cente   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOTOMY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 0036266550     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03491-4     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. M.E. Plomondon J.C. Cleveland Jr S.T. Ludwig G.K. Grunwald C.I. Kiefe F.L. Grover Off-pump coronary artery bypass is associated with improved risk-adjusted outcomes Ann Thorac Surg 72 2001 114 119
2. M.C. Sinclair G.A. Wilsker D.L. Morris R. Mohan C.S. Hollenbeak Coronary artery bypass: the increasing role of off-pump surgery in a large community hospital 2001 Presented as a poster at the Fourth Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS) in Munich, Germany, June 30, (In press).