title: The year in review: surgical revascularization of coronary artery disease--2011.
abstract: Important studies highlighting the practice of coronary artery bypass surgery for 2011 are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. harold.lazar@bmc.org
authors.forename: Harold L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lazar
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome