title: Current state of surgical myocardial revascularization.
abstract: Despite increasing competition from percutaneous interventions and other novel methods of non-surgical coronary revascularization, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains one of the most definitive and durable treatments for coronary artery disease, especially for those patients with extensive and diffuse disease. In recent years the CABG procedure itself has undergone innovation and evolution. This review article provides a brief historical perspective on the procedure, and examines the current state of modern variations including off-pump, limited-access, and robotic-assisted CABG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. fsellke@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Sellke
authors.forename: Louis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012371:Robotics
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