Journal of cardiac surgery

The most recent articles from: J Card Surg November 2018

J Card Surg · Nov 2018

Meta Analysis

A meta-analysis of ≥5-year mortality in randomized controlled trials of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

We sought to determine whether off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) increases long-term mortality, by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of off-pump versus on-pump CABG with ≥5-year follow-up. ⋯ Off-pump CABG increases long-term (≥5-year) mortality compared with on-pump CABG.

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