A focused approach: Specialization in coronary revascularization

A case of multiple coronary artery aneurysms: Successful revascularization

Introduction: Multiple coronary artery aneurysm is a rare anomaly which could be congenital or acquired. Its complications including sudden cardiac death, clot and distal emboli, rupture and bleeding or fistula. Decision about its management depends on aneurysm conditions and the Patient's clinical situation Case Report: A 55 years old patient with unstable angina and multiple coronary ar...

Hybrid coronary revascularization: a mainstream revascularization strategy in the future?

In stable patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary bypass operation (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) has been found to be superior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents (DES) [1–3]. The finding is based on wellpowered randomized studies [4,5] and large-scale registries [6,7]. The superiority of CABG is demonstrated by lower shorta...

Coronary Revascularization in Patients

Thirty-two thousand patients are presently maintained in chronic dialysis programs. Cardiovascular complications have been shown to be responsible for 50 to 65% of the deaths in such patients. Despite this and the increasingly frequent use of coronary bypass surgery in the general population, only two patients have previously been reported to have successfully undergone coronary bypass surgery ...

Coronary Revascularization in the Community

Results Revascularization utilization increased by 24% during the study (95% confidence interval [CI] 5% to 46%), but the trends diverged by procedure type, with a sustained increase (69%, 95% CI 43% to 101%) for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) contrasting with a stabilization, then decline ( 33%, 95% CI 16% to 47%) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). For PCI, although the use...

Turf battles in coronary revascularization.