
ARTICLES ON ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Men, Women, and Myocardial Revascularization
This review article provides an update on the benefits of multiple arterial grafting strategies and delves into gender-based differences in outcomes due to sex-related variations in coronary artery disease and its distinct presentation.
Review of the Most Relevant Cardiac Surgery Articles of 2022: Overview Following the Conclusion of 2023
Review article from Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon that revisits the most relevant articles published in 2022 in the field of cardiac surgery.
Ventricular Restoration Surgery: Reviving the STICH Hypothesis
Experience from the San Donato Group on Ventricular Restoration Surgery and Comparison with the Classic STICH Study Cohort.
Right Mammary or Radial Artery as a Second Arterial Graft: Do You Prefer Mom or Dad?
A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the use of double internal mammary artery versus internal mammary and radial artery on long-term survival following myocardial revascularization.
Early Extubation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey
A single-center study evaluated the outcomes of early extubation in the operating room (OR) compared to intensive care unit (ICU) extubation in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgery.
Multiplying Arterial Graft Anastomoses: The Role of Composite and Sequential Grafts
This study evaluates the patency of the internal mammary artery (IMA) graft to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) based on different IMA graft configurations: standalone, composite, and sequential.
Do We Need to Revascularize a Chronically Occluded Right Coronary Artery?
A single-center Japanese study analyzing the outcomes of revascularization, specifically regarding clinical results and graft patency, in chronically occluded right coronary arteries during coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Ventricular Dysfunction, Viability, and Revascularization: The Never-Ending Story
This literature review addresses the role of viability studies in the indication for revascularization and the prognosis of patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, proposing a new decision algorithm for managing this clinical scenario.
Management of adults with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries
Systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence on the treatment of adults with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries
Does a good state of physical and mental health impact mortality when comparing surgical and percutaneous revascularization?
This SYNTAXES substudy investigates the relationship between preprocedural physical and mental health and 10-year mortality in patients who have undergone coronary revascularization, either surgically or percutaneously.