The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 829-835.e13, October 2010

Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity score analyses

  • Oliver Kuss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Oliver Kuss, PhD, Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Medical Faculty, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str 8, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany.
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  • Benita von Salviati, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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  • Jochen Börgermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Received 28 April 2009; received in revised form 30 July 2009; accepted 9 December 2009. published online 18 February 2010.

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 Disclosures: Jochen Börgermann (as the principal investigator) and Oliver Kuss conducted a randomized trial to compare off-pump with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, which was sponsored in part by a grant from Medtronic, Düsseldorf, Germany. There was no external funding of the project reported, and all authors report no further conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01625-0

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.022

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 829-835.e13, October 2010

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