Coronary Disease

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 of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs)....

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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PCI and CABG for Treating Stable Coronary Artery Disease

March 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An important review in a mainstream periodical read by cardiologist colleagues.

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ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

February 16, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), along with...

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SYNTAX Score in Patients With Diabetes Undergoing Coronary Revascularization in the FREEDOM Trial

December 26, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A randomized controlled trial coauthored by the Editor-in-Chief of the host periodical on the risk management of multivessel diabetic coronopathy.

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Video

Hybrid Revascularization: Moving Beyond the Status Quo

December 20, 2018 | John Puskas…

Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, John Puskas of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, New York, USA, moderates...

Video

Concepts in CABG: An Interview With David Taggart

December 18, 2018 | Om Yadava…

Dr Om P. Yadava of the National Heart Institute in New Delhi, India, and Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery discusses contemporary issues in coronary artery...

Video

CTSNet Step-by-Step Series: Proximal Anastomosis

December 11, 2018 | Christopher Chen…

This video demonstrates a proximal anastomosis, attaching a graft vessel to the aorta in a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The authors break the anastomosis into five steps: preparation, creating...

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The Jury Is Still Out on the Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries in Coronary Surgery

November 30, 2018 | Benjamin Bidstrup

Once again, analyses of studies that are ostensibly well-designed randomized controlled trials have limitations that do not answer the question at hand: are two-arterial CABGs better than one? This editorial...

Video

Optimal Strategy for High Risk Coronary Patients: Hybrid Minimally Invasive Revascularization

November 29, 2018 | Bob Kiaii

Bob Kiaii of the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, Canada, makes the case for a hybrid approach to coronary revascularization. He argues that hybrid revascularization is a useful component...

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