Off-pump surgery does not reduce stroke, compared with results of on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1059-1060

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Tanabashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kawai, Norikazu ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548828257     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Sedrakyan A., Wu A.W., Parashar A., Bass E.B., and Treasure T. Off-pump surgery is associated with reduced occurrence of stroke and other morbidity as compared with traditional coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis of systematically reviewed trials. Stroke 37 (2006) 2759-2769