Comparison of bare-metal stenting with minimally invasive bypass surgery for stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery: a 5-year follow-up

H Thiele, S Oettel, S Jacobs, R Hambrecht, P Sick… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Randomized trials comparing stenting with minimally invasive direct coronary
artery bypass surgery in patients with isolated proximal left anterior descending lesions have …

Small diameter xenogeneic extracellular matrix scaffolds for vascular applications

M Lopera Higuita, LG Griffiths - Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Currently, despite the success of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery
bypass graft (CABG) remains among the most commonly performed cardiac surgical …

Invasive versus medical management in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery with a non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: a pilot …

MMY Lee, MC Petrie, P Rocchiccioli… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The benefits of routine invasive management in patients with prior coronary
artery bypass grafts presenting with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes are …

[HTML][HTML] Percutaneous coronary invervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis

Y Smit, J Vlayen, H Koppenaal, F Eefting… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with coronary artery disease. Methods …

Incidence of sternal infection in diabetic patients undergoing bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting

AU Momin, R Deshpande, J Potts, A El-Gamel… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) bypass grafts have advantages over
single internal thoracic artery (SITA) bypass grafts in the medium term, particularly in …

Comparison of bypass surgery with drug‐eluting stents for diabetic patients with multivessel disease

MS Lee, F Jamal, G Kedia, G Chang, N Kapoor… - International journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This retrospective study of prospectively collected data compared coronary
artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to drug‐eluting stenting (DES) in diabetic patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Left internal mammary artery as an endocrine organ: insights into graft biology and long-term impact following coronary artery bypass grafting

IY Shadrin, DR Holmes, A Behfar - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is considered the criterion standard vessel for use in
coronary artery bypass grafting. In recent decades, countless studies have documented its …

Revascularization of left anterior descending artery with drug-eluting stents: comparison with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery

Y Ben-Gal, R Mohr, R Braunstein, A Finkelstein… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) is a challenging area for
percutaneous interventions; therefore, coronary artery bypass grafting is often considered …

In-patient cardiac rehabilitation versus medical care–a prospective multicentre controlled 12 months follow-up in patients with coronary heart disease

B Schwaab, A Waldmann, A Katalinic… - European Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate a 3-week inpatient cardiac rehabilitation
(Rehab) started early after the index event in patients with coronary heart disease and …

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting for people with stable angina or acute coronary syndromes

A Bakhai, RA Hill, Y Dundar… - Cochrane Database …, 2005 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) replaces obstructed vessels with
ones from other parts of the body. Alternatively, obstructions are remodelled using catheter …