Current practice of state-of-the-art surgical coronary revascularization

SJ Head, M Milojevic, DP Taggart, JD Puskas - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Coronary artery bypass grafting remains one of the most commonly performed major
surgeries, with well-established symptomatic and prognostic benefits in patients with …

Causes, Angiographic Characteristics, and Management of Premature Myocardial Infarction: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

LS Rallidis, I Xenogiannis, ES Brilakis… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Among patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the proportion of young
individuals has increased in recent years. Although coronary atherosclerosis is less …

Long-term results of the RAPCO trials

BF Buxton, PA Hayward, J Raman, SC Moten… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: An internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery is standard
in coronary bypass surgery, but controversy exists on the best second conduit. The RAPCO …

Operative outcomes of multiple-arterial versus single-arterial coronary bypass grafting

TA Schwann, RH Habib, A Wallace, DM Shahian… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background More than 90% of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed with a
single-arterial bypass graft (SABG), based on the left internal thoracic artery (ITA) with …

Arterial grafts for coronary bypass: a critical review after the publication of ART and RADIAL

M Gaudino, FG Bakaeen, U Benedetto, A Di Franco… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Observational and randomized evidence shows that arterial grafts have better patency rates
than saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) in coronary artery bypass grafting. Observational studies …

Three arterial grafts improve late survival: a meta-analysis of propensity-matched studies

M Gaudino, JD Puskas, A Di Franco, LB Ohmes… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Little evidence shows whether a third arterial graft provides superior outcomes
compared with the use of 2 arterial grafts in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass …

Multiple arterial grafting is associated with better outcomes for coronary artery bypass grafting patients

RV Rocha, DY Tam, R Karkhanis, R Nedadur, J Fang… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Observational studies have shown better survival in patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with 2 arterial grafts compared with 1. However …

Impact of total arterial revascularization on long term survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 130,305 patients

B Yanagawa, S Verma, A Mazine, DY Tam… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives This meta-analysis compares total arterial revascularization (TAR) versus
conventional coronary artery bypass and additionally to two arterial grafts. Methods We …

Associations between adding a radial artery graft to single and bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts and outcomes: insights from the arterial revascularization trial

DP Taggart, DG Altman, M Flather, S Gerry, A Gray… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Whether the use of the radial artery (RA) can improve clinical outcomes in
coronary artery bypass graft surgery remains unclear. The ART (Arterial Revascularization …

Impact of gender on arterial revascularization strategies for coronary artery bypass grafting

H Jabagi, DT Tran, R Hessian, D Glineur… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background There are significant gender differences in arterial revascularization
approaches in coronary operations. This study addressed these differences to determine …