Left main coronary disease: improved early outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients | Zendy

Uğursay Kızıltepe | Zendy; Murat Kurtoğlu | Zendy; Gökhan Özerdem | Zendy; Şahin Şahinalp | Zendy; Zeki Temiztürk | Zendy; Muhammed Bozguney | Zendy

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Left main coronary disease: improved early outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients

Author(s) -

Uğursay Kızıltepe,

Murat Kurtoğlu,

Gökhan Özerdem,

Şahin Şahinalp,

Zeki Temiztürk,

Muhammed Bozguney

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

kardiologia polska

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1897-4279

pISSN - 0022-9032

DOI - 10.5603/kp.2013.0190

Subject(s) - medicine , euroscore , cardiology , off pump coronary artery bypass , perioperative , artery , ejection fraction , coronary artery disease , stenosis , surgery , bypass grafting , heart failure

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis is a risk factor in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Although improved outcomes of off-pump CABG have been well documented, LMCA stenosis is often perceived as a contraindicationfor off-pump CABG. In this study, we compared on-pump and off-pump techniques in high-risk patients with LMCA disease.

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