Coronary Disease

Video

International Coronary Congress 2023: Intraoperative “Disasters” in CABG Surgery

May 31, 2024 | Gianluca Torregrossa…

At the 2023 International Coronary Congress, four surgeons presented their biggest mistakes in CABG surgery and how they went about fixing them. They emphasized the importance of surgeons sharing their mistakes so others can learn...

JANS Article

In Vivo Base Editing of PCSK9 With VERVE-102 for Hypercholesterolemia

June 25, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this article, the authors report interim results of Heart 2, a phase 1, open label, single ascending dose study of VERVE 102, a GalNAc lipid nanoparticle delivering mRNA for...

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...

JANS Article

Time of Day of Cardiac Surgery and Postoperative Outcomes in the UK: A Secondary Analysis of Linked National Datasets

June 11, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This article examines the impact of surgery timing on postoperative outcomes in cardiac surgery. An analysis of data from 24,068 patients revealed that surgeries performed in the late morning (10:00...

Article

First-in-Human Gene Therapy for Vein Graft Failure

May 28, 2026 | Nawwar Al Attar

Background and Rationale Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery remains a cornerstone treatment for advanced coronary heart disease. However, the long-term efficacy of CABG is frequently compromised by the failure...

Video

Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair Through Left Thoracotomy Approach

November 20, 2018 | Mukesh Karuppannan…

A 54-year-old man presented three months after coronary bypass surgery with a large aneurysm from the left ventricle (LV). Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) showed a wide-mouthed aneurysm arising from the lateral...

JANS Article

Randomized Trial of Endoscopic or Open Vein-Graft Harvesting for Coronary-Artery Bypass

November 15, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An interesting randomized controlled trial asserting robustly that endoscopic harvesting of saphenous vein is: (1) better for leg dehiscence and (2) at least noninferior for MACE compared to the conventional...

JANS Article

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Bypass Surgery for Unprotected Left Main Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

September 25, 2018 | Emily RobinsonBronze Contributor

Meta-analysis of composite death/myocardial infarction/stroke/repeat revascularization outcome in 4700 patients across six randomized controlled trials is presented. Percutaneous coronary intervention was associated with a higher risk of the composite outcome...

JANS Article

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) vs. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Disease: Quo Vadis? —a Review of the Evidences on Coronary Artery Disease

September 19, 2018 | Marco NardiniBronze Contributor

This comphrensive review by Spadaccio and Benedetto try to address the unanswered question: to stent or not to stent? The conclusions underline that the higher cerebrovascular risks associated with surgery...

JANS Article

Female Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Experience Worse Outcomes When Treated by Male Physicians

August 10, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The latest instalment in the gender discordance saga, this one proferred by business/management school academics. I am not convinced that the coarse gender comparison takes into account the size discrepancy...

JANS Article

Impact of Intubation Time on Survival Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial

August 9, 2018 | Benjamin Bidstrup

This is a further report from the extensive dataset of the STICH Trial. This examines the impact of immediate postoperative events (length of time of intubation) on short- and long-term...

Video

Harmonic Shears for Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Arteries and Great Saphenous Vein Harvesting

July 17, 2018 | Corrado Cavozza…

Introduction Although the routine use of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) and great saphenous vein (SV) is well established among cardiac surgeons (1, 2), there is considerable debate regarding the...

JANS Article

Meta-Analysis of Cell Therapy Studies in Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction

July 6, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A detailed and somewhat disheartening analysis of stem cell therapy for cardiac failure.

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