Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; is it Still Relevant?

Chima K P Ofoegbu; Rodgers M Manganyi

doi:10.2174/1573403X17666211027141043

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; is it Still Relevant?

Curr Cardiol Rev. 2022;18(2):e271021197431. doi: 10.2174/1573403X17666211027141043.

Authors

Chima K P Ofoegbu¹, Rodgers M Manganyi¹

Affiliation

¹ Chris Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.

Abstract

Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB) experienced a resurgence in the 1980s -2000s and developed steadily with improvement of the instrumentation and techniques. However questions about graft patency and long-term survival of OPCAB patients still exist. This review attempts to explore the current relevance of OPCAB.

Keywords: CABG; OPCAB; cardiac surgery; coronary artery disease; myocardial revascularization; optimal medical therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass* / methods
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump*
Humans
Treatment Outcome