Early outcome after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: effect on mortality and stroke Resultado inicial após revascularização miocárdica: efeito na mortalidade e no acidente cerebrovascular

OBJECTIVE: One of the major and devastating complications of the coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the stroke. Avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may reduce this neurological complication. In the past years there was an increased interest in the off-pump coronary artery grafting (OPCAB)....

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Main Authors: Delawer Reber, Marcus Fritz, Alfred Germing, Peter Marks, Axel Laczkovics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2008-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382008000100005