ARTICLES ON ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Results of Percutaneous or Surgical Revascularization by SYNTAX Score Stratification: The Beginning of the End?
This meta-analysis, encompassing 6 clinical trials, compares percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in cases of left main coronary artery disease or multivessel disease, presenting results stratified according to the SYNTAX score.
Surgical Revascularization Guided by Functional Study: From Complete to Adequate
This is a single-center study from a Korean group examining long-term outcomes of complete surgical revascularization without extracorporeal circulation from an anatomic/angiographic or functional perspective.
Which Grafts for Which Territories? Still Searching for Direction
A sub-analysis of the COMPASS study evaluating one-year patency of various types of coronary grafts through CT angiography, considering technical aspects of revascularization strategy configuration.
Hybrid Revascularization: A Possible Alternative with Favorable Outcomes
This retrospective study adjusted by propensity score analysis compares mid- to long-term revascularization outcomes in multivessel disease patients treated with conventional off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and hybrid revascularization.
Less Heart Attacks, More Survival: Coronary Surgery Proves It Once Again
A meta-analysis of major randomized clinical trials comparing coronary surgery (CABG) versus percutaneous intervention (PCI) that assesses the incidence of new myocardial infarctions during follow-up and their relationship with all-cause mortality.
Revascularization in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: A Field Reconquered by Surgery?
Observational study of a large Canadian cohort analyzing long-term clinical outcomes by comparing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following propensity score analysis adjustments.
Myocardial Revascularization Surgery Outcomes in Patients with Moderately Reduced Ejection Fraction
Retrospective analysis of the national Veterans Health Affairs registry database to assess outcomes and prognosis in stable ischemic heart disease patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgery based on their ejection fraction classification (preserved, moderately reduced, or severely reduced).
Design-based evidence: Discrepancies in Clinical Characteristics Between Myocardial Revascularization Registries and Clinical Trials
This review article compares discrepancies in pre-procedural variables between patients in clinical trials and registries, both for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Experience of Mayo Clinic with Repair of Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery
Experience of Mayo Clinic with the unroofing technique for anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery with an intramural course.
What is better than the internal mammary artery anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery? Multiple arterial grafts.
A comprehensive meta-analysis and review of recent evidence regarding survival outcomes using multiple arterial grafts versus left internal mammary artery plus saphenous vein grafting; performing subgroup analyses such as radial artery vs. right internal mammary artery, elderly patients, those with diabetes mellitus, and women.