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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2016

Impact of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on survival: current best available evidence.

Pierpaolo Chivasso, Gustavo A Guida, Daniel Fudulu, Vito D Bruno, Roberto Marsico, Hristo Sedmakov, Mustafa Zakkar, Filippo Rapetto, Alan J Bryan, Gianni D Angelini

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Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Pierpaolo ChivassoBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Gustavo A GuidaBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Daniel FuduluBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Vito D BrunoBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Roberto MarsicoBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Hristo SedmakovBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Mustafa ZakkarBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Filippo RapettoBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Alan J BryanBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.
Gianni D AngeliniBristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Upper Maudlin Street, BS2 8HW, Bristol, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The superiority of either off-pump (OPCAB) or on-pump (ONCAB) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains unclear despite a large body of literature evidence comparing the two approaches. The potential advantages of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), minimizing aortic manipulation and maintaining pulsatile flow may be associated with reduced inflammatory responses and embolic events. Numerous studies compared OPCAB with ONCAB and the cumulative data have been presented in meta-analyses of both randomized and observational studies. Although there is an abundance of data with respect to the operative morbidity and mortality and the short-term outcomes associated with these two strategies, not much is known about how they impact long-term survival and recurrence of myocardial ischaemic events. Recent studies and meta-analyses have focused on long-term survival and major secondary outcomes in OPCAB

Indexed as

coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)coronary by-pass graftinglong termoff-pumpOff-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB)review

Identifiers

PMID27942399
PMCPMC5124582

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