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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With or Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients with Preoperative Non-Dialysis Dependent Renal Insufficiency: A Randomized Study
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting has been shown to be less deleterious than on-pump bypass in patients with normal renal function, but the effect of this technique in patients with non-dialysis dependent renal insufficiency in a randomized study is unknown.
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