Coronary Disease
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 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
This article presents a succinct but comprehensive expert viewpoint on support in cardiogenic shock using the manuscript of the DanGer trial on promising results of Impella in a highly selected...
At the 2023 International Coronary Congress, 10 experts presented their abstracts on coronary artery bypass grafting. Subjects included the impact of atrial fibrillation on long-term CABG outcomes, protection of coronary...
At the 2023 International Coronary Congress, five experts made presentations on hot topics in coronary surgery. Subjects included the future of non-surgical management of coronary disease, the future of coronary...
At the 2023 International Coronary Congress, five presenters spoke on their techniques for optimizing the saphenous vein bypass graft. Topics covered include SVG outcomes over the last 20 years, elimination...
Anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery (AAOCA) is a condition that represents between 0.1–1 percent of malformations (1). It has been found with a prevalence of 0.44 percent in...
In this deep dive series of videos produced by Professor Tristan Yan from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia, he demonstrates a technique of total arterial off-pump coronary...
At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...
Total arterial anaortic off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is an elegant cardiac procedure. It is important not to rush through the OPCAB surgery. Instead, try to get into the rhythm!...









