Coronary Disease

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Effect of Evolocumab on Grafts Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

October 1, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This post hoc analysis of NEWTON-CABG CardioLink-5 assessed the effects on of evolocumab on 1,275 saphenous vein grafts (SVGs), 514 internal mammary artery grafts, and 39 radial artery grafts by using coronary computed tomography angiography...

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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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2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

July 27, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

These new guidelines contain wide-ranging recommendations on the use of beta-blockers, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1, and other medical therapies to treat chronic coronary disease. They also contain...

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Patch Augmentation of Anomalous Left Main Coronary Artery from Right Coronary Sinus

June 27, 2023 | Anibal Ibanez…

The Patient The patient is a fifty-three-year-old male with medical history notable for neuroendocrine tumor, which was treated with a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. The patient was symptomatic and complained of shortness...

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Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect Closure Without Ventriculotomy—A Novel Method

June 6, 2023 | Mario Torre…

Postinfarction ventricular septal defect is a rare complication of myocardial infarction with a high mortality rate (1). Standard repair techniques—infarcectomy and infarct exclusion—are performed through a left ventriculotomy. These methods...

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Internal Mammary Artery Harvest: Two Techniques with Tips and Tricks

May 30, 2023 | Stephen Spindel…

This video describes the pedicle and skeletonization techniques for internal mammary artery harvest. Tips and tricks are discussed, as well as how to increase mammary length. Disclaimer The information and...

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How to Deal with a “Seagull Deformity” in Diamond-Shaped Sequential Coronary Anastomoses

March 20, 2023 | Vasily Kaleda…

One of the most frequent and feared complications of sequential diamond-shaped coronary anastomoses is the so-called seagull deformity, which causes a turbulence flow within the graft and the risk of...

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Adjunctive Radial Artery Grafts No Better Than SVGs in Multivessel CABG

October 13, 2022 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

The CSP 474 trial challenges some of the conventional knowledge around graft choice in CABG surgery, as was presented at the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) conference. The trial...

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Dual Therapy Offers Both Benefit and Risk After Common Type of Cardiac

August 19, 2022 | Mary HammonSilver Contributor

A new analysis by a team led by Dr. Mario Gaudino of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian shows that a combination of two antiplatelets drugs can benefit patients after coronary...

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Cardiopulmonary Consequences of Vaping in Adolescents: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

June 23, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

This scientific statement is a granular contribution to a major cardiovascular issue, illuminating nuances of the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) FDA designation. One would expect the relevant Thoracic Associations...

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