Commentary: Total arterial revascularization: Is it for everyone?

Total arterial revascularization: A superior method of cardiac revascularization.

For over 40 years, the left internal thoracic artery has been used as the gold standard for myocardial revascularization and anastomosis over the left anterior descending artery due to its excellent patency rates. However, the right internal thoracic artery behaves in the same manner as the left, also having excellent long-term patency. Hence, no patient should be deprived of the benefits of to...

Ultrasound for everyone - is it the right time?

Aortic stenosis and CT calcium scoring: is it for everyone?

The evaluation of aortic stenosis (AS) severity is routinely performed using echocardiography. Current guidelines recommend integrating data with respect to the peak aortic valve jet velocity, the mean transvalvular gradient and the aortic valve area (AVA) calculated by the continuity equation. For the majority of patients this assessment works well. However in a third of subjects there is disc...

It is not safe unless everyone is aware.

This is a letter in response to article http://dx.doi.org/10. 1093/qjmed/hcu227. The authors inform us that the standardization of cupping therapy will reduce the occurrence of adverse effects and help promote the therapy. Cupping therapy or blood-letting therapy has been used for many centuries by well-known people including George Washington and Mozart. Now the celebrities of our current age ...

Total arterial myocardial revascularization: analysis of initial experience.

BACKGROUND Total arterial myocardial revascularization is an attempt to overcome the problems of late vein graft atherosclerosis, occlusion and need for coronary re-operations. Despite increasing evidence of efficacy, the use of arterial conduits has not been accepted as a primary practice in most of the centers in Pakistan for various reasons. We analyze our initial experience to assess the fe...