Cardiovascular

Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction—No Benefit On Top Of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In Patients With Severe Heart Failure

April 1, 2009
Daniel Mark
Daniel Mark

Peter Goodwin interviews Daniel Mark and Robert Jones from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina about the international STICH Trial with 1 000 patients which randomised patients with severe heart failure to receive coronary artery by-pass grafting alone or with the addition of surgical ventricular reconstruction.
New ACC President, Alfred Bove from Temple University, Philadelphia, comments on this unusual surgical study.

Robert Jones
Robert Jones

Alfred Bove
Alfred Bove

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