These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

I. Introduction The anatomic and clinical complexity of patients with coronary artery disease
(CAD) is increasing in the United States. 1–3 While the terms “complex CAD” or “high-risk …

Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

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

Coronary revascularization is accomplished either by percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI), with low risk of immediate complications, or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), with …

Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) is an alternative option to conventional coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG), but the long-term outcomes of HCR versus CABG remain …

Objective Sternotomy has been the gold standard incision for surgical revascularization but
may be associated with chronic pain and sternal malunion. Minimally invasive coronary …

We summarize the evidence on the new strategies for coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG). Hybrid CABG implies surgical grafting of the left anterior descending artery and …

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has evolved to become the criterion standard in
elective revascularisation for coronary artery disease (CAD), particularly in patients with …