has traditionally been performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG). CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) might reduce the number of complications related to the ...

We randomly assigned patients 75 years of age or older who were scheduled for elective first-time CABG to undergo the procedure either without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) or with it (on ...

Major surgical events only accounted for 15.5 percent of the micro-emboli, whereas almost 74 percent of micro-emboli were associated solely with the cardiopulmonary bypass pump. In the patients ...

Traditionally, surgeons stoped the heart and used a cardiopulmonary bypass pump to circulate blood throughout the body during the procedure. The newer technique allows allows the heart to remain ...

One treatment option is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), most often performed 'on pump', maintaining the circulation and oxygenation of the blood extracorporeally using a cardiopulmonary bypass ...