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. 2018 Mar;10(3):1960-1967.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.43.

Fifty years of coronary artery bypass grafting

Ludovic Melly  1 , Gianluca Torregrossa  2 , Timothy Lee  2 , Jean-Luc Jansens  1 , John D Puskas  2
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Fifty years of coronary artery bypass grafting

Ludovic Melly et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the most common cardiac surgery performed today worldwide. The history of this procedure can be traced back for more than 100 years, and its development has been touched by several pioneers in the field of cardiac surgery, who have contributed with both their successes and failures. With ever increasing follow up and number of patients treated, thinking regarding optimal CABG technique evolves continually. This article reviews the history of CABG from its early experimental work to recent technological advances.

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); coronary revascularization; history.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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