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Late-Breaking STS Study Finds Off-Pump CABG by Experienced Surgeons Reduces Perioperative Complications, With Comparable Long-Term Survival

A late-breaking study leveraging more than 1.5 million patient records from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database found that coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) performed off-pump by experienced surgeons is associated with significantly lower perioperative morbidity and mortality compared with on-pump CABG, while long-term survival outcomes were largely equivalent across techniques.

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