Open AccessAnaesthesia for off pump coronary artery bypass- Recent updates
Author(s) -
Dr Nikhil Mudgalkar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
perspectives in medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2348-229X
pISSN - 2348-1447
DOI - 10.47799/pimr.0502.01
Subject(s) - medicine , off pump coronary artery bypass , artery , coronary artery bypass surgery , modalities , cardiology , percutaneous , cardiac surgery , anesthesia , bypass grafting , social science , sociology
India is considered as a hub for cardiac patient.There isexponential increase in number of patients across the globeas well as in india.As diagnostic modalities (facilites for invasivecardiac imaging) are increasing day by day, more and morepatients are being subjected for percutaneous coronaryangioplasties and bypass surgeries. The basic differencebetween western scenario and indian scenario is indiansurgeons are more favouring technically more challenging offpump coronary artery bypass technique vs western surgeonwho are more inclined towards less challenging on pumpsurgeries1. So indian anesthesiologist are more experinced inmanaging OPCAB more effectively where 90% of cardiacsurgery is off pump in contrast to western world where ratio isreverse