naa a22 4500 51072857X CHVBK 20180411082944.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-013-0240-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-013-0240-6 Off-pump coronary artery bypass: techniques, pitfalls, and results [Elektronische Daten] [Tadashi Tashiro, Hideichi Wada, Masaru Nishimi, Noritoshi Minematsu] In coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), coronary artery anastomosis is generally performed under cardiac arrest using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). To avoid the invasiveness of CPB, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) is currently also used. In Japan, in particular, OPCAB now accounts for 60% of all CABG operations and has become a standard surgical procedure. We herein provide a discussion of OPCAB. The goals of coronary artery bypass surgery are to achieve complete revascularization and maintain a high rate of graft patency for the long term. This requires stable exposure of the coronary arteries, including those located on the posterior surface of the heart and the formation of good-quality anastomoses. Achieving this depends not only on the competency of the individual surgeon, but also on smooth and effective teamwork among everyone involved, including the other surgeons, anesthetists, clinical technicians, and nurses. It is important for surgeons and surgical teams to examine their own outcomes and engage in self-scrutiny in an endeavor to improve these outcomes. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2013 Off-pump coronary artery bypass nationallicence OPCAB nationallicence Techniques nationallicence Pitfalls nationallicence Results nationallicence Tashiro Tadashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut Wada Hideichi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut Nishimi Masaru Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut Minematsu Noritoshi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/8(2013-08-01), 429-434 1863-6705 61:8<429 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0240-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0240-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tashiro Tadashi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wada Hideichi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nishimi Masaru Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Minematsu Noritoshi Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonanku, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/8(2013-08-01), 429-434 1863-6705 61:8<429 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer