Off-pump surgery in preventing perioperative stroke after CABG [1]
A multicenter retrospective study on over 26000 patients compared off-pump and on-pump surgery for CABG. Off-pump surgery was associated with a lower perioperative incidence of stroke in patients with two or more cardiovascular risk factors especially with chronic renal failure.
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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
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