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Our investigation found no significant difference in the concentrations of inflammatory markers and measures of pulmonary function between cardiac surgical patients who received 6% HES 130/0.4 versus 5% albumin.
In many ways, off-pump bypass (or OP-CABG) is similar to conventional bypass surgery. The main difference lies in the fact that a heart-lung machine is not used to employ cardiopulmonary bypass during the operation.
