A Beating Heart is a Happy Heart, Especially in Patients with LV Dysfunction Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Beating-heart CABG in patients with LV dysfunction can provide the best of all words by limiting myocardial injury purported by cardioplegic arrest. Complete revascularization is possible and graft numbers are not different when compared to arrested heart CABG. Furthermore, beating-heart CABG more often reduces the need for intraoperative and postoperative mechanical support reducing the complications and costs associated with these devices. CENTRAL MESSAGE: Beating-heart CABG avoids ischemic insult to the heart while allowing for complete revascularization.