Use of impella for off pump myocardial revascularization in high risk patients

Abstract

Background/Introduction Patients undergoing coronary surgery are changed in the last years becoming a challenge for the cardiac surgeon not only for the quality of the coronary artery involved in the disease but also for the quality of patients. Low ejection fraction, elderly, COPD, kidney failure, Diabetes are often found in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing CABG.