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10-Year Study Results Find Patient Outcomes Similar for Two CABG Procedures

Friday, February 18, 2022

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Christopher Anderson

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Source Name: Stony Brook University News
Source URL: https://news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/press-release/medical/10-year-study-results…

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A new study that monitors patients who were given “on-pump” or “off-pump” coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) over a ten year time period reveals that outcomes between the two forms of heart bypass surgery are more similar than one may think.

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Submitted by Ghassan Musleh on
This study confirms that both procedures are safe and produce comparable longterm results. The message for cardiac surgeons is that you do the procedure in the way that you are most comfortable with. What matters is a happy patient 10 years after the procedure.
Submitted by Amro Sharshar on
This true mainly depend on surgeon most comfortable procedure
Submitted by Akhter Hossain on
Long-term outcome depends not on the procedure but on many other factors. Both the procedures are safe in competent hands when used judiciously.

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