Open AccessRedo coronary artery bypass grafting
Author(s) -
Faisal G. Bakaeen,
Zade Akras,
Lars G. Svensson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-018-0651-1
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , perioperative , bypass grafting , artery , vascular surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , coronary artery disease , dialysis , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , surgery , endocrinology
Redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) can be one of the most technically challenging operations in cardiac surgery. The coronary disease is more advanced, and the coronary targets may be suboptimal. In addition, the patients are typically older and sicker compared to those undergoing primary CABG.