Biological and clinical outcomes in the elderly with left ventricular dysfunction: Are there differences between on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting?
In the elderly with LV dysfunction, the OPCABG technique showed lower incidence of postoperative myocardial injury. However, at the follow-up, this does not reflect any significant differences in incidence of MACCE.
To our knowledge, the data provide the first indication for the operation of bcl-2 in ventricular myocytes as an antiapoptotic factor.