Coronary Disease - Surgery

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 176: The ELANA System in CABG

October 1, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and the Amsterdam University Medical Center about the excimer...

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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...

JANS Article

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...

JANS Article

Effects of Intracoronary Nicorandil on Myocardial Microcirculation and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

August 29, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

An interesting meta-analysis discouraging perhaps the use of this KATP modulator, especially after surgical revascularization where optimization of serum potassium is generally sought.

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Myocardial Viability and Long-Term Outcomes in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

August 22, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

A robust RCT that denies association of nuclear CT-defined myocardial viability and long-term benefit from surgical coronary revascularisation. It is worth following the discussion this manuscript is certain to generate..

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Novel Machine Learning Approach to Identify Preoperative Risk Factors Associated With Super-Utilization of Medicare Expenditure Following Surgery

August 15, 2019 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Using a machine learning algorithm, resource utilization among more than 1 million Medicare patients undergoing one of 6 operations including CABG and lung resection was analyzed. Super users comprised 4.8%...

JANS Article

Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

August 9, 2019 | Arie BlitzGold ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors in this study performed a post-hoc analysis of the coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) cohort in the multicenter randomized EXCEL trial, comparing patients undergoing on-pump versus off-pump procedures...

JANS Article

Neil Armstrong Died After Heart Surgery. That May Have Been Avoidable.

July 26, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

In this article Michael Mack explains his thoughts on the events leading to the death of Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong suffered a tamponade after his pacing wires were removed which...

JANS Article

Frailty in the Cardiac Surgical Patient: Comparison of Frailty Tools and Associated Outcomes

July 19, 2019 | Claire VernonGold Contributor

Henry and colleagues evaluated frailty in patients undergoing cardiac surgery using two frailty indices, the simplified Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) and the complex Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), comparing postsurgical...

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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass With Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries

July 2, 2019 | Fernando Barbosa

The bilateral internal mammary arteries technique for off-pump coronary artery bypass is a safe technique with long-term patency and low morbidity and mortality. The author usually uses total arterial myocardial...

JANS Article

Bleeding in Patients Treated With Ticagrelor or Clopidogrel Before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

June 28, 2019 | Claire VernonGold Contributor

Holm and colleagues evaluated perioperative bleeding after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients who were taking P2Y12 inhibitors. Patient outcomes from the European Multicenter Registry on Coronary Artery Bypass...

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