Clinical outcomes in randomized trials of off- vs. on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: Systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2601-2616

  Møller, Christian H ^a   Penninga, Luit ^a   Wetterslev, Jørn ^a   Steinbrüchel, Daniel A ^a   Gluud, Christian ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cardiovascular disease; Meta analysis; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; ON PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY STENOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55749113715     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn335     Document Type: Review

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