TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 27. Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization and Extravascular Angiogenetic Techniques to Increase Myocardial Blood Flow
A1  - Horvath, Keith A.
A1  - Zhou, Yifu
A2  - Cohn, Lawrence H.
PY  - 2012
T2  - Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
AB  - Despite  the  success  of  medical  therapy,  percutaneous  coronary  interventions  (PCIs),  and  coronary  artery  bypass  grafting  (CABG)  in  the  treatment  of  coronary  artery  disease  (CAD),  there  are  a  significant  number  of  patients  with  refractory  angina  owing  to  diffuse  CAD  that  is  not  amenable  to  PCI  or  CABG.  This  severe  CAD  can  lead  to  incomplete  revascularization  and  is  noted  to  occur  in  up  to  25%  of  CABG  surgery.1  This  incomplete  revascularization  is  a  powerful  independent  predictor  of  operative  mortality  and  perioperative  adverse  events.1,2  Additionally,  the  presence  of  diseased  but  nongrafted  arteries  carries  a  poor  prognosis  and  poses  a  significant  negative  influence  leading  to  an  increased  incidence  of  death,  recurrent  angina,  myocardial  infarction  (MI),  and  the  need  for  repeat  CABG.3,4  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55918631
ER  -