Coronary Disease - Surgery

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Expert Systematic Review on the Choice of Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)

August 11, 2023 | Jason Trevis

This article provides a systematic review of the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting and has been endorsed by both the STS and EACTS. The review reports on a variety of factors related...

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Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction After Left Main Revascularization: The EXCEL Trial

March 26, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this pre-specified analysis of the EXCEL trial, 1,882 patients with left main disease underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=952) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (n=930). At five years,...

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Multiarterial vs Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten-Year Follow-Up of One Million Patients

September 19, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This study examined the long-term survival of patients undergoing multiarterial grafting (MAG) versus single-arterial grafting (SAG) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). After analyzing data from more than one million...

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Routine Extubation in the Operating Room After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass

February 8, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

The benefits of early extubation in the operating room (OR) following cardiac surgery remain unproven. In this study, the authors evaluated perioperative outcomes after extubation in the OR versus extubation...

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Robotic-Assisted vs. Traditional Full-Sternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Procedures: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Hospital Costs

December 7, 2023 | Jason Trevis

In this study, the authors performed a propensity matched analysis of hospital costs for robotic-assisted CABG vs. conventional CABG. 1,173 patients were included in the analysis from 2018 until 2021....

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Coronary Arteriotomy

February 15, 2019 | Alexander Kossar…

Coronary arteriotomy is utilized for coronary artery bypass grafting or, less frequently, coronary endarterectomy. The site of the arteriotomy is primarily dictated by the location of the stenotic or occlusive...

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Left Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting: The Skeletonization Technique

February 13, 2019 | Anh Vo…

This video shows the basic technique of skeletonized left internal mammary artery (LIMA) harvesting. Skeletonization is an advanced technique of graft harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and while...

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Letter From the Guest Editor: Cardiac Surgery Essentials

February 13, 2019 | Tsuyoshi Kaneko

For this cardiac-focused CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Cardiac Surgery Essentials, we asked Dr Tsuyoshi Kaneko of Brigham and Women’s Hospital to bring together videos from experts highlighting techniques that are...

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Five-Year Outcome After Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients

February 9, 2019 | Edward Savage

This article concludes that five-year survival and morbidity rates in patients over 75 years of age did not differ between off-pump and on-pump groups. The main determinant of poorer long...

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In Global News: Heart Failure in Pregnancy, Unconscious Bias in CT Surgery, and Research From the STS Annual Meeting

February 8, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest As part of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women program, a patient shares her story of discovering she had rheumatic heart disease after...

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Bilateral Versus Single Internal-Thoracic-Artery Grafts at 10 Years

February 5, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

The Arterial Revascularization Trial Investigators recently published the outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using bliateral versus single internal thoracic artery (ITA) after 10 years. Patients were randomly assigned...

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In Global News: Heart Cells in Space, July Surgery Outcomes, and Monitoring for Transplant Rejection

February 1, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chimes in to the #10YearChallenge with a focus on his heart surgery. A New England Journal of Medicine case...

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A Case of Diffuse Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease With Triple Coronary Endarterectomy in a Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

January 29, 2019 | Heinz Jakob…

Patients with diffuse coronary artery disease are usually judged not to be candidates for percutaneous or surgical intervention. In this video, the authors present a triple coronary endarterectomy (CEA) in...

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