Cardiopulmonary Bypass Without Ischemic Arrest: A Myocardial Protection Strategy for High‐Risk Patients Requiring Urgent CABG

For patients requiring emergency coronary artery revascularization, mortality remains high. One of the primary reasons is poor functional and metabolic recovery of the myocardium after ischemic arrest. We describe a hybrid of the off-pump and on-pump techniques to avoid ischemic arrest during coronary revascularization for this high-risk group.