Coronary Disease

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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 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with...

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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...

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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...

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...

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Is Single LIMA-LAD Bypass Appropriate for OPCAB Training?

February 29, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

The impact of the surgeon’s experience on outcomes following off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) is widely known. However, there is a lack of safe and effective strategies for OPCAB...

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Coronary Aneurysms and CAD Graft Procedures: An Interview with James Tatoulis

February 7, 2024 | James Tatoulis…

At the 2023 EACTS 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...

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No-Touch Aorta Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Using Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries

December 19, 2023 | Soslan Enginoev…

In a number of patients with ischemic heart disease, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the method of choice. Some studies and meta-analyses have shown benefits of bimammary coronary artery...

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The ISCHEMIA Trial Revisited: Setting the Record Straight on the Benefits of CABG and the Misinterpretation of a Landmark Trial

December 14, 2023 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

The ISCHEMIA trial has caused heated discussion in the cardiovascular field, with its results being used to downgrade coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) recommendations in recent guidelines. The authors of...

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Repair of a Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm

November 16, 2023 | Dimos Karangelis…

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is quite uncommon, occurring in less than 5 percent of angiography series. It is defined as the dilatation of a coronary artery which exceeds 50 percent...

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Tips and Tricks for Radial Artery Harvesting with the Harmonic Scalpel

October 31, 2023 | Karishma Chandarana…

Radial artery use as a second conduit in coronary artery surgery has amassed more than fifty years of experience with waxing and waning levels of enthusiasm. Initial use in the...

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Expert Systematic Review on Conduit Choice for CABG Endorsed by EACTS and STS

October 26, 2023 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

The authors performed a systematic review of the evidence supporting the use of different conduits for CABG. Their overall conclusion was that coronary artery bypass grafting strategy must be individualized....

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Surgeon Perspective on the 2023 Chronic Coronary Disease Guidelines: An Interview with Faisal Bakaeen

August 8, 2023 | Faisal Bakaeen…

In response to the release of the updated 2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease, authors representing the AATS and STS came together to write...

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