On-pump with beating heart or cardioplegic arrest for emergency conversion to cardiopulmonary bypass during off-pump coronary artery bypass
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Intraoperative conversion, especially under emergent circumstances during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB), is associated with a significantly higher rate of hospital mortality. This study compared the clinical early outcomes of patients emergently converting to car...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2014-07-01
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Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2014.314 |