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To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent report by Hannan et al1 on the short-term benefits of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery compared with the standard on-pump approach on in-hospital/30-day mortality and perioperative complication rates. The 3-year follow-up proved comparable outcomes, excluding a lower rate of freedom from revascularization for the off-pump surgery group. The topic is certainly extremely interesting, especially nowadays, when less invasive approaches, such as off-pump coronary surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions, are acquiring dominant roles in the treatment of ischemic heart disease.2 However, we believe that this …
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