Myocardial Revascularization for the Elderly: Current Options, Role of Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Outcomes

The increase in life expectancy has confronted cardiac surgery with a rapidly growing population of elderly patients requiring surgical myocardial revascularization. Recent advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques and improvements in postoperative care have made coronary artery bypass grafting...

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Main Author: Raja, Shahzad G
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Bentham Science Publishers 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3394105/