CHICAGO, IL—Despite recent reports showing worse results with off-pump—with the heart still beating—coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery as opposed to on-pump, the largest prospective, ...

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 ...

November 4, 2009 (Northport, New York) — Off-pump CABG surgery showed no advantages over the conventional on-pump approach in a large randomized trial conducted at Veterans Affairs hospitals [1]. The ...

HONOLULU, June 10 – Patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery may have fewer neurological complications after surgery if a pump supporting the heart and lungs is not used, researchers say in a ...

April 20, 2004 — Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) is as effective and durable as standard bypass but much less expensive, according to the results of a randomized, single- surgeon trial ...

Patients who undergo off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery experience nearly one-third fewer postoperative strokes than those who receive standard surgery using cardiopulmonary ...

The relative benefits and risks of performing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with a beating-heart technique (off-pump CABG), as compared with cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG), are not ...

The performance of coronary bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass (“off pump”) may reduce perioperative morbidity and costs, but it is uncertain whether the outcome is similar to that ...

Surgeons have been attempting to perform coronary bypass surgery without a heart-lung machine--an approach known as "off-pump"--in the hope that doing so will help patients protect neurological ...

Remarkable technological advances have enabled coronary artery bypass (CAB) surgery to be performed without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass, by a technique called 'beating heart' or 'off-pump' CAB.