Conversion from off-pump to on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: impact of surgeon and anaesthetist experience

Ntinopoulos, Vasileios; Haeussler, Achim; Odavic, Dragan; Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Rings, Laura; Dushaj, Stak; Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, Hector; Dzemali, Omer

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivad205

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Ntinopoulos, V., Haeussler, A., Odavic, D., Papadopoulos, N., Rings, L., Dushaj, S., Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, H., & Dzemali, O. (2023). Conversion from off-pump to on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: impact of surgeon and anaesthetist experience. Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 37(6), ivad205. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivad205

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

Intraoperative conversion from off-pump to on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of surgeon and anaesthetist experience on the conversion rate.

METHODS

We performed a retrospective analysis of the data of all patients who underwent planned off-pump CABG in a single centre in 2007-2021, some of whom were non-electively converted to on-pump. Surgeon and anaesthetist experience were assessed by the numb