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Editor's choice: 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization:

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Submitted by

Joel Dunning

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/4/517.full

Author(s)

Philippe Kolh, Stephan Windecker, Fernando Alfonso, Jean-Philippe Collet, Jochen Cremer, Volkmar Falk, et al.

Fifty years after the first coronary artery bypass grafting, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) issued together guidelines for myocardial revascularization. In this document ESC and EACTS provide recommendations for revascularization of stable coronary artery disease, non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and revascularization in patients with different risk factors. The authors underline the importance of interaction between cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and referring physicians for choosing the best possible revascularization approach.