Avoiding the clamp during off-pump coronary artery bypass reduces cerebral embolic events: Results of a prospective randomized trial

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-16

  El Zayat, Hisham ^a   Puskas, John D ^a   Hwang, Scott ^a   Thourani, Vinod H ^a   Lattouf, Omar M ^a   Kilgo, Patrick ^a   Halkos, Michael E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Neurologic events; Off pump coronary artery bypass; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLAMP; CLAMPLESS FACILITATING DEVICE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PARTIAL OCCLUDING CLAMP; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE SAFETY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY STENOSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861311689     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr004     Document Type: Article

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