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STS/AATS-Endorsed Rebuttal to 2023 ACC/AHA Chronic Coronary Disease Guideline: A Missed Opportunity to Present Accurate and Comprehensive Revascularization Recommendations

Friday, August 4, 2023

Submitted by

Cameron Lind

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(23)00132-7/fulltext

Author(s)

Faisal G. Bakaeen MD , Marc Ruel MD , John H. Calhoon MD , Leonard N. Girardi MD, Robert Guyton MD, Dawn Hui MD, Rosemary F. Kelly MD, Thomas E. MacGillivray MD, S. Christopher Malaisrie MD, Marc R. Moon MD, Joseph F. Sabik 3rd MD, Peter K. Smith MD, Lars G. Svensson MD, PhD, Wilson Y. Szeto MD for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Authors representing the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons published a rebuttal to the Chronic Coronary Disease Guidelines. The authors explain their stance on the revised guidelines, stating their belief that the new recommendations on revascularization are flawed adaptations of the 2021 guidelines. The rebuttal points out contradicting evidence, missing information, selection biases, and more within the revised guidelines.

For more on the societies’ reaction to the new guidelines, read this article from tctMD.