Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Management
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as coronary heart disease, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To avoid the high morbidity and mortality associated with this condition, it must be promptly diagnosed and treated.
There are several modalities to evaluate coronary artery disease including EKG (electrocardiogram), Echo (echocardiography), CXR (chest X-ray), stress testing, cardiac catheterization, and blood work, to name the main ones. These tests are conducted depending on the context in which patients are presenting.
The standard of care for managing advanced coronary artery disease (CAD) is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). With the burden of cardiovascular disease ever-increasing around the world, CABG is the most commonly performed cardiac surgery. CABG is conventionally performed through full sternotomy on an arrested heart with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP). Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) has received increased interest with its reduced risk of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) since aorta manipulation can be avoided. A relatively new technique is endoscopic or robotic coronary revascularization with promising results. There is an ongoing debate in the literature about whether or not female sex is associated with increased mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events in CABG.
In this Special Issue, we try to provide a summary of the current options available for diagnosis and surgical treatment of coronary artery disease. Through a series of review articles and original studies, we try to provide insights into contemporary diagnosis and surgical treatment methods, as a useful guide for practicing physicians such as cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and cardiac surgeons.
Dr. Joost F. ter Woorst
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coronary artery disease
- EKG (electrocardiogram)
- Echo (echocardiography)
- CXR (chest X-ray)
- stress test
- cardiac catheterization
- CABG (coronary artery bypass graft surgery), OPCAB (off-pump coronary artery bypass)
- Endo-CAB
- Robo-CAB
- female sex
