Does off-pump coronary surgery endanger long term survival?
Magazine article, 2008
In this issue Ibrahim and co-authors report on technical hazards of off-pump (without heart lung machine) coronary surgery 1. Their findings are in line with meta-analyses of randomized trials which indicate that under-grafting and graft-failures are more common after off-pump than after standard operations. The risk that the objectives of coronary bypass surgery are endangered is discussed in relation to evidence based medicine. A moratorium is suggested until conclusive data are available.
mortality
Risk Factors
Coronary Disease
Humans
surgery
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Coronary Artery Bypass
mortality
adverse effects
Off-Pump
Author
Rolf Ekroth
University of Gothenburg
Anders Odén
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Statistics
Elisabeth Ståhle
Uppsala Universitet
Lars Werkö
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal
1401-7431 (ISSN) 1651-2006 (eISSN)
Vol. 42 2 99-101Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Surgery
DOI
10.1080/14017430801993198
PubMed
18365890