In a field rife with disagreement, STS, AATS, and others say the European guidelines got it right when it comes to CABG.
In a show of solidarity, several organizations representing cardiac surgeons around the world, including those from the US, fully endorsed the 2024 European guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS).
The endorsement is unique because the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) and American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) do not currently support the US guidelines for coronary revascularization, which downgraded CABG surgery for improving survival in select patient groups.
Faisal Bakaeen, MD (Cleveland Clinic, OH), senior author of an editorial endorsing the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) CCS guidelines, said the surgical groups feel that the ESC…