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On-Pump Versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients With Preoperative Anemia

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Submitted by

Tom C. Nguyen

Source

Source Name: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(14)02242-9/pdf

Author(s)

Domenico Paparella, Pietro Guida, Giuseppe Scrascia, Vitantonio Fanelli, Marco Contini, Salvatore Zaccaria, Giuseppe Labriola, Carmine Carbone, Florinda Mastro, Valerio Mazzei

Anemic off-pump CABG (n=361) versus on-pump CABG (n=578) patients were compared. In anemic patients, off-pump CABG was associated with lower early morbitidy and mortality. 1 to 6 month follow-up mortality, however, was higher in the off-pump CABG cohort.