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.
surgery
mortality
adverse effects
Coronary Disease
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Off-Pump
mortality
Humans
Risk Factors
Coronary Artery Bypass
Author
Rolf Ekroth
University of Gothenburg
Anders Odén
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Statistics
University of Gothenburg
Elisabeth Ståhle
Uppsala University
Lars Werkö
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal
1401-7431 (ISSN) 1651-2006 (eISSN)
Vol. 42 2 99-101Subject Categories
Surgery
DOI
10.1080/14017430801993198
PubMed
18365890