Coronary artery bypass grafting in high-RISk patients randomised to off- or on-Pump surgery: a randomised controlled trial (the CRISP trial)

Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the treatment of choice for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD). Evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in low-risk populations shows that ‘off-pump’ CABG is at least as safe as ‘on-pump’ CABG, but high-quality tria...

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Main Authors: Chris A Rogers, Katie Pike, Helen Campbell, Barnaby C Reeves, Gianni D Angelini, Alastair Gray, Doug G Altman, Helen Miller, Sian Wells, David P Taggart, on behalf of the CRISP investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2014-07-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18440