After undergoing coronary bypass surgery off-pump, older patients did as well as they did with the more costly "on-pump" procedure using a heart-lung machine to circulate blood and oxygen through the body. This is according to a research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. This large, multicenter trial-the German Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients, called GOPCABE-was the first to ...
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