Conventional rather than off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting should be performed for non-high-risk patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1330-1331

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; LETTER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954475136     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.055     Document Type: Letter

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