Occlusive arterial disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Aside
from balloon angioplasty, bypass graft surgery is the most commonly performed …

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most common cardiac surgery operation performed
worldwide. It is the most effective revascularization method for several categories of patients …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

Redusert venstre ventrikkelfunksjon er en selvstendig og sterkt ugunstig prognostisk faktor.
Vurdering av venstre ventrikkelfunksjon med for eksempel ekkokardiografi anbefales utført …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

OBJECTIVES There is a lack of unequivocal evidence basis for selecting the best second
conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We thus aimed to perform head-to-head …

The internal thoracic artery is the most effective conduit for coronary artery bypass surgery;
however, most patients have multivessel disease and require additional saphenous vein or …

For over a decade there has been accumulating evidence that the use of more than a single
arterial graft during coronary artery bypass grafting can improve clinical outcomes. However …

Introduction The efficacy of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery for patients with
ischemic heart disease is dependent on the patency of the selected conduit. The left internal …

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare the survival benefit derived from using radial
artery (RA) as a second arterial conduit in combination with internal thoracic artery (ITA), as …