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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:383
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Is Off-Pump Bypass Grafting Truly Superior to Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

Daniel T. Bainbridge, MD, FRCPC, Janet Martin, PharmD, Davy Cheng, MS, MD

London Health Sciences Centre, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Rd, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the report by Reston and associates [1] concerning a meta-analysis of short-term and midterm results after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG). However, we believe their statement that "the present study suggests that OPCABG reduces length of hospital stay, operative morbidity, and operative mortality as compared with on-pump CABG" is not convincingly supported by the information presented. Our reasons are as follows:

No baseline data on patient characteristics were given. Therefore, it is difficult to delineate comparability between the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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