Coronary Artery

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Surgical Approach to Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Coronary Sinus Fistula

March 17, 2026 | Kristina Krzelj…

The authors present a video of a surgical approach to repair a large right coronary artery (RCA) aneurysm associated with a coronary sinus fistula in a 51-year-old woman. They recommend not simply ligating the fistula,...

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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...

JANS Article

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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A Guide to Robotic Assisted Single Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

November 2, 2022 | Atiq Rehman

In the era of advancing structural heart procedures and increasing percutaneous interventions, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a must-learn for current and aspiring surgeons. It can...

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5 CABG Procedure Videos to Expand Your Knowledge

October 19, 2022 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

As one of the most performed cardiac surgical procedures worldwide, the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is important to understand in all of its variations. This roundup of CTSNet’s most...

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Recycling of the LIMA Graft in Off Pump Re-CABG to Achieve Total Arterial Revascularization

October 3, 2022 | Giuseppe Tavilla…

This video presents a case of an off pump redo CABG using a recycled left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft in combination with the right internal mammary artery (RIMA) and...

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Right Gastroepiploic Artery in Reoperative OPCAB—Three Decades of Evolution

April 21, 2022 | Giuseppe Tavilla…

In October of 1994, the authors started using the right gastroepiploic artery (GEA) in redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without the use of the extracorporeal circulation. This was, to...

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Redo Off-Pump CABG Via Left Thoracotomy

April 14, 2022 | John Brookes…

Redo coronary artery bypass grafting can be technically challenging, presenting the surgeon with the difficulty of sternal re-entry with patent grafts, more advanced coronary disease, and typically sicker patients. This...

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Off-Pump Myocardial Bridge Unroofing

March 31, 2022 | Tomi Obafemi…

Workup The patient was a twenty-nine-year-old man who presented us with a seven-year history of episodic chest pain that radiated to the left neck and arm. The pain was associated...

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Complex Composite Grafting in CABG: Double Y Graft Using Bilateral BIMA and PDA Endarterectomy

March 23, 2022 | Vishal Khullar

Objective Total arterial revascularization in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using bilateral internal mammary arteries (BIMA) has been associated with better long-term survival rates. Complex composite grafting can occasionally be...

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Dor Procedure for Extended Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm with Secondary Pseudoaneurysm

February 22, 2022 | Valerio Sanesi…

A sixty-six-year-old man underwent investigation for a recent onset of shortness of breath and was found to have a chronically occluded LAD, a severely dilated left ventricle, reduced ejection fraction,...

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