The Jury Is Still Out on the Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries in Coronary Surgery

Friday, November 30, 2018

Submitted by

Benjamin Bidstrup

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy322

Author(s)

Mario Gaudino, Stephen Fremes, Philippe Kohl

Once again, analyses of studies that are ostensibly well-designed randomized controlled trials have limitations that do not answer the question at hand: are two-arterial CABGs better than one? This editorial comments on a publication regarding the EXCEL Study, which showed no differences at 3 years.