Myocardial ischaemia resulting from obstructive coronary artery disease is a major cause of
morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery …

Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the commonest major operation in
most developed countries. A single internal mammary artery (IMA) graft has proven survival …

Background The use of bilateral internal thoracic (mammary) arteries for coronary-artery
bypass grafting (CABG) may improve long-term outcomes as compared with the use of a …

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

Aims Observational data suggest that the use of bilateral internal mammary arteries (BIMA)
during coronary artery bypass graft surgery provides superior revascularization to a single …

Background—Despite the accepted utility of delayed-enhancement MRI in identifying
irreversible myocardial injury, no study has yet assessed its role as a viability tool …

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to compare elective angiographic patency and
cardiac event-free survival of the radial artery graft with that of the free right internal thoracic …

This review article summarizes the major studies that have investigated the outcomes of
coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). The article includes a review of the literature in …

Objective To compare the clinical, angiographic, neurocognitive, and quality of life outcomes
of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with conventional coronary artery bypass …

BACKGROUND: The Radial Artery Patency and Clinical Outcomes (RAPCO) study has
enrolled patients into two trials to compare the radial artery with the free right internal …