Off-pump Versus On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Frail Patients

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Conditions studied: Frail Elderly, Coronary Artery Disease

In brief

Frailty is defined as a geriatric syndrome of impaired resiliency to stressors (such as cardiac surgery) that has been delineated recently in the cardiovascular literature. One of the most controversial areas of cardiac surgery has been whether off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) surgery is superior to conventional on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. There is an ongoing debate about the benefits and disadvantages of OPCAB surgery and we believe that this remains an important technique for the improvement of coronary surgery. The benefits of CABG surgery in frail patients are still undetermined. The aim of this study is to clarify the potential benefit of OPCAB surgery in pre-frail and frail patients by comparing off-pump versus on-pump CABG in these patients.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02338947
Run by
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
People needed
440
Starts
2019-01-01
Expected to finish
2025-12-31
Last updated by the study team
2025-03-05

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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