Does Off-Pump Coronary Surgery Reduce Postoperative Acute Renal Failure? The Importance of Preoperative Renal Function

Off-pump surgery plays an important renoprotective role and provides better early and late outcome in patients with normal preoperative creatinine. When the preoperative creatinine is abnormal, the surgical strategy does not seem to have any influence. The occurrence of ARF significantly impairs early and long-term mortality, and the surgical strategy does not improve outcomes.