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Relationship between uric acid to albumin ratio and saphenous vein graft disease in patients with coronary artery bypass graft

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

Objective Saphenous vein graft disease (SVGD) remains a challenging issue for patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods We retrospectively enrolled 237 patients who underwent elective coronary angiography (CAG) for stable angina or positive stress test results >1 year after CABG.

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Reoperative minimal invasive off-pump coronary artery bypass graft in early left main stem stenosis following Modified Bentall procedure

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Six months following modified Bentall procedure a patient presented with angina and acute ST depression. CT coronary angiogram revealed severe narrowing of the left main coronary artery. Minimal invasive off p.

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Percutaneous revascularisation in chronic coronary syndromes: when real-world data unveil the other side of the coin

Heart BMJ

The optimal treatment of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) represents to date a matter of debate as revascularisation has not shown a real advantage over optimal medical therapy (OMT) alone on long-term overall survival, and has recently been reaffirmed in the latest guidelines as a useful strategy only in case of an ineffective response to OMT.

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The role of physiology in the contemporary management of coronary artery disease

Heart BMJ

Patients with diffuse disease showed a twofold risk of residual angina after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than those with focal disease. Therefore, OMT alone or coronary artery bypass graft might be considered over PCI.

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TMVR after TA-TAVR: a re-redo surgery—case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

In this case report, the authors describe the successful TMVR as a tertiary cardiac surgery and transapical redo procedure.Case SummaryAn 83-year-old male patient, suffering from dyspnoea and angina, was diagnosed with severe mitral valve regurgitation (MR).

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Abstract 4139995: Scoring System-Based Approach for Identifying Patients With Positive Intracoronary Acetylcholine Provocation Tests: The Original and Modified ABCD Score

Circulation

Background:Although intracoronary acetylcholine (ACh) provocation testing is a guideline-recommended invasive standard for the diagnosis of vasospastic angina (VSA), ACh tests are largely underused in clinical practice globally. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4139995-A4139995, November 12, 2024. Recently, Rinaldi et al.

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Abstract 4142012: Ectasias of Multiple Coronary Arteries and a Coronary Cameral Fistula Between Right Coronary Artery and Coronary Sinus

Circulation

Patient underwent surgical closure of fistula and a 2-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery, with a LIMA pedicle graft to the LAD, and SV graft to the LCx.Postoperatively, patient was continued on medical therapy with improvement of symptoms. CCF can be congenital or acquired and has many variations.