Coronary artery disease
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Coronary artery disease · Dec 2013
Comparative StudyQuality of life 12 years after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
To assess whether the use of either the on-pump or the off-pump method affects changes in health-related quality of life (QOL) in the long term after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. ⋯ A majority of patients experience significant improvement in health-related QOL in the long term after CABG. Cardiopulmonary bypass has no impact on patients' subsequent health-related QOL.