For the Media

NEJM Study: Resources (February 2008)

• New England Journal of Medicine: Lower Mortality With Coronary Bypass Compared to Drug Eluting Stents for Multi-Vessel Disease Patients, by Robert A. Guyton, MD Feb. 22, 2008
  
  
• Important Points 
  
  
• Resources:
  
  -  Coronary Artery Bypass is Superior to Drug-Eluting Stents in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease, by Robert A. Guyton, MD, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006;81:1949-57
  
  -  Coronary Artery Bypass IS the Best Treatment for Multivessel Coronary Disease in 2007, by Robert A. Guyton, MD
  
  -  Surgical Perspective on Coronary Revascularization 2008, by Robert A. Guyton, MD
  
  -  Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Still the Best Treatment for Multivessel and Left Main Disease, But Patients Need to Know, by David P. Taggart, MD, PhD, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006;82:1966-75
  
  
  
  
• Press Kit: STS 44th Annual Meeting (January 2008)
  -  W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, Named STS President
  -  STS 44th Annual Meeting: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  -  Consensus Document Available on Stent-Graft Treatment
  -  STS Ethics Debate: Conflicts Between Surgeons & Surrogate Decision Makers
  -  STS Symposium: Symposium on International Applications of Stem Cell Research
  
  

• Press Kit: Patients May Have to Wait for Life-Saving Care (June 2007)
  -  Press Release & Media Advisory
  -  Important Messages & Statistics
  -  STS Solutions for Physician Payment & Quality Improvement
  -  Applications To Thoracic Surgery Resident Programs (1993-2008)
  -  Change in the Number of Active Physicians by Specialty
  -  Medicare CABG Payment Trend
  -  Lung Cancer Statistics: For more information on the Lung Cancer Alliance, please visit www.lungcanceralliance.org.
  -  For more information on the National Resident Matching Program, please visit www.nrmp.org.
  
  UPDATE: News item (6/27/07) "CABG Procedures to Rise in 2007"

• About The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) & Who are Cardiothoracic Surgeons

• CABG vs. Stents Media Information: Click here for the supporting materials.

• STS 43rd Annual Meeting Media Information: Click here for archived STS Annual Meeting documents.