Coronary Artery

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Robotic-Assisted Three-Vessel Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass

April 17, 2026 | Hiroto Kitahara…

The patient was a 77-year-old man who presented with progressive shortness of breath. Coronary angiography demonstrated significant proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis, proximal left circumflex artery stenosis, and posterior descending artery stenosis. Given the...

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Multiarterial Grafting and Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Instrumental Variable Analysis

August 13, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

This retrospective Medicare analysis assessed whether multiarterial grafting (MAG) improves survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) compared with single arterial grafting (SAG), accounting for unmeasured confounding using surgeon MAG...

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ISMICS 2026 | Cardiac Session 1—Robotic Valves

July 31, 2026 | Johannes Bonatti…

This cardiac session features leading surgeons presenting on robotic valves at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. Dr. Johannes Bonatti, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery...

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Perivascular Adipose on Relaxation of Internal Thoracic Artery With Surgical Implications: Better Antispastic Effect of Pedicle Than Skeletal Grafts

July 29, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

This ex vivo study examined human internal thoracic artery (ITA) rings from 94 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients to assess whether perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), preserved in pedicled but...

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Ventricular Free-Wall Rupture, Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm, and Papillary Muscle Rupture Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

July 29, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This multisociety European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) consensus statement addresses three mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: ventricular free-wall rupture, pseudoaneurysm, and papillary muscle rupture....

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The Coronary Stentectomy and Shifts in Coronary Artery Surgery: An Interview with John Puskas

January 31, 2024 | John Puskas…

At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...

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Repair of a Large Posterior Left Ventricular PSA Involving the Mitral Apparatus

January 9, 2024 | Anthony Zaki…

A sixty-two-year-old former smoker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the authors’ institution with multiple recent embolic strokes and worsening heart failure symptoms. Careful diagnostic evaluation revealed a large...

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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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Transconal Unroofing of Anomalous Intraseptal Left Coronary Artery with RVOT Patch Reconstruction

December 18, 2023 | Alyssa Kalustian…

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Improved understanding of risks associated with coronary anomalies, including myocardial...

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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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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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Large Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Replacement with Vascular Prothesis in a Patient with Coronary Artery Disease and PFO

August 1, 2023 | Mohamed Eldeiry…

This video presents the management of a complex and infrequently encountered scenario. A sixty-nine-year-old patient had a large pulmonary artery aneurysm extending from the main pulmonary artery (PA) up to...

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