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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines on Arterial Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Submitted by

Tom C. Nguyen

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(15)01608-2/pdf

Author(s)

Gabriel S. Aldea, Faisal Bakaeen, Jay Pal, Stephen Fremes, Stuart J. Head, Joseph Sabik, Todd Rosengart, A. Pieter Kappetein, Vinod H. Thourani, Scott Firestone, and John D. Mitchell

A growing body of evidence demonstrates improved short, mid, and long term outcomes with the use of arterial conduits for coronary revascularization. Despite this, less than 10% of patients receive more than 2 arterial grafts. This is the first set of guidelines by the STS focused on arterial revascularization with supporting levels of evidence.