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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:2000-2006
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: cardiovascular

Early and medium-term results after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery surgery: a propensity score analysis

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Kiel, Germany,
^b Institute for Biometry and Medical Statistics, University Hospital, Kiel, Germany

Accepted for publication June 19, 2003.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr Boening, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Arnold-Heller-Str. 7, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
e-mail: aboening{at}kielheart.uni-kiel.de

BACKGROUND: Comparative publications on beating-heart off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) surgery versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CCAB) surgery frequently do not offer conclusive information because of investigator bias.

METHODS: Trying to eliminate this problem, a propensity score analysis of the data of all CCAB patients (n = 517) and OPCAB patients (n = 133) operated on by the same surgeons during the same time period (1998 to 2001) was applied. After matching patients with similar propensity score values, 97 CCAB patients and 72 OPCAB patients entered the final analysis.

RESULTS: Early results were similar in both groups: the 30-day mortality reached 1.4% in the CCAB group and 2.8% in the OPCAB group; strokes did not happen. Perioperative myocardial infarctions occurred in 4.1% of the CCAB patients and 4.3% of the OPCAB patients. Drainage blood loss in the first 24 hours after surgery (830 ± 687 mL, CCAB group; and 909 ± 678 mL, OPCAB group) was similar (p = 0.06) in both groups. Medium term results (freedom from percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or reoperation, freedom from myocardial infarction, freedom from stroke, and the quality of life) also were not significantly different between the off-pump and on-pump groups after a mean follow-up of 27 ± 11 months.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that elective-surgery patients with coronary artery disease can be operated on either on-pump or off-pump with the same early and late mortality and morbidity.

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