The ROOBY investigators found off-pump CABG surgery to be significantly inferior to on-pump surgery with regard to 1 year mortality, revascularization, or new myocardial infarction. This unexpected ...

Even though coronary artery bypass graft surgery with use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG) is associated with cognitive decline, avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) had no effect ...

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery has been established as a safe, effective and financially appealing alternative to on-pump CABG surgery, which uses a cardiopulmonary bypass ...

Dec. 31, 2003 — Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is as safe as on-pump CABG and causes less myocardial damage but has higher revascularization rates, according to the results of a ...

Patients who undergo CABG surgery with an on-pump approach have longer revascularization-free survival over time compared with those undergoing an off-pump approach, according to final 10-year results ...

Chicago, IL - One of the few randomized trials to compare cognitive outcomes after off-pump and on-pump CABG has found cognitive function slightly improved at 3 months in those who got off-pump ...

As time goes by, patients treated with off-pump CABG surgery have higher mortality, less complete revascularization, and more need for repeat revascularization in the ensuing years than those treated ...

What determines whether a patient will have “on-pump” or “off-pump” coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)? —Elissa Internicola Lebow, PA-C, Staten Island, N.Y. Patients may achieve an excellent ...

Coronary artery surgery performed "off-pump", i.e., keeping the heart beating and not using the cardiopulmonary bypass machine, has similar outcomes after one year, and costs less, when compared to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Sometimes the old ways are better. Historically, surgeons performing ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, an intervention that reduces the risk of acute kidney injury does not preserve kidney function at one year, ...

Objective To compare the clinical, angiographic, neurocognitive, and quality of life outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with conventional coronary artery bypass grafting surgery using ...