Coronary Disease

Event

The Houston Aortic Symposium 2027

March 4, 2027

Thursday, March 4, 2027 – Saturday, March 6, 2027 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm – The Houston Aortic Symposium brings together world-renowned cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons to deliver cutting-edge insights on aortic and structural...

JANS Article

Comparison of RA and Saphenous Vein as the Third Conduit With BIMA in Coronary Bypass Surgery

September 24, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this 27-year single-center retrospective study, the authors compared radial artery (RA) vs saphenous vein graft (SVG) as the third conduit in patients receiving bilateral internal mammary arteries (BIMA) for...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA,...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

JANS Article

Hybrid Revascularization With Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass and Stents

September 10, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study examined 418 intent-to-treat hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) patients undergoing robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) from 2013 to 2025, comparing those who completed planned...

JANS Article

Researchers Use Machine Learning To Predict Bleeding During Coronary Procedures

August 26, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using data from more than 3.3 million patients in the NCDR CathPCI Registry, researchers used machine learning to develop an algorithm that predicts post-PCI major bleeding with a C-statistic of...

JANS Article

Myocardial Viability and Long-Term Outcomes in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

August 22, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold 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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JANS Article

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

August 9, 2019 | Arie BlitzBronze 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

Acupuncture as Adjunctive Therapy for Chronic Stable Angina

August 1, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In this trial involving over 400 patients, accupuncture was compared to two sham groups and an observation group. The intervention group experienced a nearly two-thirds reduction in the frequency of...

JANS Article

In Global News: Long-Term Fontan Circulation, a Shock Team, and the TMVR Learning Curve

July 19, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest The American Heart Association published a statement advocating for a holistic care approach for patients with Fontan circulation, noting that these patients are living longer...

Video

How We Do It: Epiaortic Scanning

July 8, 2019 | Giuseppe Rescigno…

Epiaortic scanning is a simple and low-cost technique that could improve results in terms of postoperative neurological complications. This video is a step-by-step tutorial that could allow every surgeon to...

JANS Article

Magnetic Resonance Perfusion or Fractional Flow Reserve in Coronary Disease

June 27, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An interesting small British-led randomized controlled trial on modern imaging of coronary atheroma.

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JANS Article

Prophylactic Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation in High Risk Cardiac Surgery: The PINBALL Pilot Multicentre, Registry-Linked, Randomised, Controlled Feasibility Trial

June 13, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An intresting pilot that was stopped due to underrecruitment. Commendable mortality in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting.

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