In this article, major international surgical societies (i.e., LACES, STS, AATS, ASCVTS) join EACTS in endorsing the recommendations of the 2024 ESC guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes. EACTS had already officially endorsed the guidelines at the time of their publication.
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Coronary disease
January 30, 2025
January 29, 2025
At the 2024 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Gianluca Torregrossa about the use of robotic systems in treating coronary artery diseases and performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
January 22, 2025
CTSNet hosted a webinar on January 18, 2025, featuring a transatlantic panel of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons discussing the topic “Unifying Revascularization Guidelines Across Continents and Specialties.”
December 23, 2024
Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates a long LAD endarterectomy with vein valve removal, calcium clearance, and LIMA to vein patch.
December 19, 2024
This meta-analysis evaluates the clinical outcomes of totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane was conducted, analyzing data from 18 eligible studies published up to December 2022, involving 2,774 patients.
November 18, 2024
This video demonstrates the successful use of a coronary stentectomy and endarterectomy in a 54-year-old woman with in-stent restenosis in eight drug-eluting stents in the LAD. This case emphasizes intraoperative techniques and postoperative care to prevent ischemia and thrombosis.
November 6, 2024
This video demonstrates a novel minimally invasive surgical technique combining coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and mitral valve replacement through a single left anterior minithoracotomy in a 74-year-old patient with severe cardiovascular issues. Watch this video, which placed second in the CTSNet 2024 Innovation Video Competition now.
October 2, 2024
This video demonstrates endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery using a reusable retractor with an open CO2 insufflation system.
September 30, 2024
This video shows a 55-year-old female patient who underwent a mitral valve repair for prolapse and had an anomalous right coronary artery as well. Dr. Vince Gaudiani performed an upper mini sternotomy, repaired mitral regurgitation, and dissected the right coronary artery to address these issues.
September 19, 2024
This study examined the long-term survival of patients undergoing multiarterial grafting (MAG) versus single-arterial grafting (SAG) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).