Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

JANS Article

Pericardial Fluid Cardiac Troponin I Predicts Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

August 13, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This prospective cohort study evaluated whether cardiac troponin I measured in pericardial drainage fluid (PCF-cTnI) enhances risk stratification for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In an analysis of 114 patients,...

JANS Article

Multiarterial Grafting and Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Instrumental Variable Analysis

August 13, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

This retrospective Medicare analysis assessed whether multiarterial grafting (MAG) improves survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) compared with single arterial grafting (SAG), accounting for unmeasured confounding using surgeon MAG...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 168: Humanoid Robots and AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 167: Insights on Robotic Cardiac Surgery Adoption and Training 

July 30, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Ahmed Ghazy, Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, about robotic cardiac surgery...

JANS Article

Perivascular Adipose on Relaxation of Internal Thoracic Artery With Surgical Implications: Better Antispastic Effect of Pedicle Than Skeletal Grafts

July 29, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

This ex vivo study examined human internal thoracic artery (ITA) rings from 94 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients to assess whether perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), preserved in pedicled but...

Video

ISMICS 2026 | How to Do It Movie Session, Part 2

July 27, 2026 | Tomas Holubec…

This video completes a day of excellent presentations by leading surgeons exploring advanced minimally invasive techniques including congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery, endoscopic transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) explantation,...

Video

A 30-Year-Old Bullet Injury Causing Carotid Stenosis—Simultaneous Carotid Endarterectomy and Off-Pump CABG

July 22, 2026 | FARID GOJAYEV

This case presents an exceptionally rare and previously unreported combination of intrinsic carotid stenosis and chronic external compression due to a retained ballistic injury. A retained stray bullet injury from...

Podcast

The Atrium: Multi-Spectrum Robotic Cardiac Surgery

June 23, 2026 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor…

In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Husam Balkhy, Professor of Surgery and Director of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the University...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 161: Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

June 18, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Joseph Coselli, Executive Vice-Chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, the Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair, and...

Event

2026 STS CABG Academy

September 17, 2026

Thursday, September 17, 2026 – Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ All Day – Formerly the STS Coronary Conference, this event has a new name and is being completely redesigned to...

Video

Coronary Angiography Basics for Surgeons

June 11, 2026 | Caleb Sokolowski…

A 60-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia was diagnosed with multivessel coronary artery disease and underwent cardiac catheterization, which revealed significant stenoses in the left main, circumflex, ramus, and right...

JANS Article

Efficacy of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Three Months Versus 12 months After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Multicentre, Double Blinded, Randomised Controlled Trial

June 11, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this article regarding the outcomes of the timing of platelet inhibition after coronary artery bypass grafting (TOP-CABG trial), the authors tested whether three months of ticagrelor-based dual antiplatelet therapy...

Video

Direct Left Main Bypass for Anomalous Left Main Origin With Interarterial Course

June 8, 2026 | Jason Sperling…

Anomalous origins of the coronary arteries are rare, occurring in 1-2 percent of the general population. While anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery alone is less often problematic (for...

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