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Category: Off Pump Subcategory: Article |
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| Study Backs Bypass Operations Without Pumps
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| Author: Randy Dotinga |
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TUESDAY, April 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Since the advent of coronary bypass operations four decades ago, surgeons have temporarily stilled the hearts of their patients during surgery by hooking them up to heart-lung machines.
Now, new research suggests patients do just as well -- and at a lower cost -- when cardiologists let the heart keep beating on its own during the procedure.
According to an Emory University study, patients who had "off-pump" coronary artery operations were just as likely |
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17-Jun-04 10:00 AM
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