Background Perioperative cardiac risk in high risk surgery is often stratified with myocardial
perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). However, little and no …

Abstract Evaluation of non-invasive imaging modalities is shifting to an assessment of their
effect on clinical outcomes rather than of their diagnostic accuracy. For this reason, we …

In the recently published Research Topic “Challenges in the Contemporary Assessment of
Coronary Physiology” of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, two review articles …

Introduction Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is associated with higher complication
rates in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). CT coronary angiography …

Quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion by myocardial blush grade (MBG) is an
angiographic computer-assisted method to assess myocardial tissue-level reperfusion in …

Forty years after its introduction [1], coronary angiography remains the most accurate
technique for the assessment of coronary anatomy. Its impact on the diagnosis and …

Background Although the release of cardiac biomarkers after percutaneous (PCI) or surgical
revascularization (CABG) is common, its prognostic significance is not known. Questions …

Objective Patients undergoing vascular surgery procedures have poor long-term survival
due to coexisting coronary artery disease (CAD), which is often asymptomatic, undiagnosed …

Objectives Fractional flow reserve–guided coronary artery bypass grafting is emerging in
cardiac surgery, in which the nature (anatomic and functional characteristics) of the target …

Graft patency strongly influences early and late outcomes after coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) surgery. The current standard of care in CABG surgery does not require …