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Differences in Stroke After Off-Pump CABG Versus On-Pump CABG

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AUDIO INTERVIEW

In this interview, Dr. Mercedes K. C. Dullum, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, discusses a recent study to determine if chronologic distribution of the onset of stroke differs in off-pump CABG versus on-pump CABG.

For more information about this study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Vol. 43, No. 5, 2004)

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