Off-pump CABG in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: case report and review

Abstract

Coronary artery disease (CAD) was uncommonly seen in people with haematological malignancies in the past. Such cases are routinely encountered now due to increased survival of these patients. Surgical intervention for CAD in such cases in not without risk and hence a technique with minimal operative risk should be employed. Additional risks due to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be minimized using the off-pump technique which has been reported to be favourable in recent literature. We have reviewed the existing literature of off-pump CABG in CLL and report here a case of use of such technique with good outcome.

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