US Market Report for off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Devices 2018; New Report Launched
Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB), or simply beating-heart coronary artery bypass grafting, utilizes a medial sternotomy to access the heart, similarly to on-pump coronary artery bypass (ONCAB) procedures. The important difference is that the cardiopulmonary bypass pump is not employed. Clinical studies show that OPCAB offers several benefits compared to ONCAB procedures, including reductions in bleeding, decreases in short-term neurocognitive dysfunction, kidney dysfunction and length of hospital stay. Despite these advantages, the inherent technical challenges of performing OPCAB have impeded...
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