Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been going through a time warp. The development of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), together with continuing advances in equipment and refinement of techniques, introduced a high level of safety for CABG operations. Recently, however, with pharmacological and technological advances, surgeons have been able to ‘go back in time’ and undertake complex CABG surgery without CPB.
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