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Cardiopulmonary Bypass Without Ischemic Arrest: A Myocardial Protection Strategy for High‐Risk Patients Requiring Urgent CABG
Author(s) -
Akowuah Enoch,
Allen Simon,
Marchbank Adrian
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00254.x
Subject(s) - medicine , revascularization , cardiology , cardiopulmonary bypass , myocardial revascularization , artery , myocardial infarction
For patients requiring emergency coronary artery revascularization, mortality remains high. One of the primary reasons is poor functional and metabolic recovery of the myocardium after ischemic arrest. We describe a hybrid of the off‐pump and on‐pump techniques to avoid ischemic arrest during coronary revascularization for this high‐risk group.