Coronary Disease - Surgery

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Influence of LAD-Diagonal Stenosis on Long-Term Patency and Ischemic Events After CABG

October 8, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study evaluated whether stenosis in the intervening left anterior descending artery (iLAD), between the internal thoracic artery (ITA) anastomosis and diagonal bifurcation, affects ITA-LAD graft events after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)....

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Left Atrial Tumor Excision With Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair and Coronary Revascularization

October 28, 2026 | Dmytro BabliakBronze Contributor…

The authors present a case of left atrial tumor excision combined with mitral and tricuspid valve repair and coronary revascularization, performed through a left anterior minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 177: Expert Consensus Document on LVRS for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...

JANS Article

Influence of LAD-Diagonal Stenosis on Long-Term Patency and Ischemic Events After CABG

October 8, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study evaluated whether stenosis in the intervening left anterior descending artery (iLAD), between the internal thoracic artery (ITA) anastomosis and diagonal bifurcation, affects ITA-LAD graft events after...

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Association Between Interventional Cardiologist Practice Characteristics, CABG Use, and Clinical Outcomes

October 8, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

Across 252,408 angiograms performed by 40 interventional cardiologists in British Columbia (2010–2024), the proportion of patients referred for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) varied 13-fold (2.03 percent–26.4 percent) and was...

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New-Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Impact on 5-Year Clinical Outcomes and Costs

May 27, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

This month’s update on the economical and general aspects of the ROOBY-FS trial. The conclusion (on no impact of de novo post-CABG AF on the incidence of stroke nor the...

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Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality in Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Percutaneous Interventions With Coronary Bypass Surgery: A Meta-Analysis

October 26, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Within the limitations of a meta-analysis, a useful work advancing that PCI may have a hitherto masked or hidden mortality

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Implications of Alternative Definitions of Peri-Procedural Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Revascularization

October 12, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

An analysis, from the cardiology viewpoint, of the MI nomenclature issues around the external validity of the EXCEL trial that undermined the EACTS support of the relevant 2018 guidelines

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Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease

April 3, 2020 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

In the ISCHEMIA Trial, 5179 patients with moderate or severe myocardial ischemia were randomized equally into two groups based on initial management strategy: initial invasive strategy (angiography and revascularization when...

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Left-Digit Bias and CABG

February 20, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This study of Medicare beneficiaries evaluated how often CABG was performed related to narrow intervals around a patient’s birthday. Those who were seen just prior to their 80th birthday (thus...

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Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Stenosis (NOBLE): A Prospective, Randomised, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority Trial

January 10, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

‘CABG was significantly better than PCI (p=0·0066……..”

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The Discussion Continues as the EXCEL Authors Respond to EACTS’s Withdrawal of Support of the LMS Chapter of the EACTS/ESC Revascularization Guidelines

December 19, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Following the withdrawal of the support of EACTS for the left main stem chapter of the EACTS/ESC Chapter of the revascularisation guidelines following the BBC Newsnight documentary of this, and...

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Five-Year Outcomes After PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Disease

November 6, 2019 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

In this randomized trial, percutaneous coronary intervention and CABG had equivalent outcomes for the composite of death, stroke, or myocardial infarction at five years for patients with left main disease...

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