Coronary Disease

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Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting via Small Thoracotomy Versus Sternotomy (MIST): An Investigator-Initiated, International, Open-Label, Randomised Controlled Trial

September 3, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this international randomized trial, 170 selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease underwent minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a small thoracotomy (n=86) or conventional sternotomy (n=84). At one month, patient-reported physical...

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Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

October 15, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This international consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and World Heart Federation (WHF) updates myocardial infarction (MI) classification...

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Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Repair With MVR and CABG Through LAM Via the Fourth Intercostal Space

October 13, 2026 | Oleksandr BabliakBronze Contributor…

The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...

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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...

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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...

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

November 15, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold 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...

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

September 25, 2018 | Emily RobinsonGold 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...

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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 NardiniSilver 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...

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

August 10, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold 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...

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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...

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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...

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

July 6, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

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

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Live: The 2018 ISMICS Meeting in Vancouver, Canada

June 15, 2018 | E. Weldon…

Did you miss the livestream? View the ISMICS 2018 educational sessions that streamed on CTSNet below: Masters Session: Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Atrial FibrillationAnthony C. DeSouza and Andy C....

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