Meet the editor

Takashi Murashita, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. Dr. Murashita received his MD from Kyoto University Medical School, Japan. His main interest is cardiac surgery, and he is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgery, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, and Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He has published 52 papers in

peer-reviewed journals, and 10 book chapters in open access journals. He has been a member of editorial boards for 2 medical journals, and a member of ad-hoc manuscript reviewers for 16 medical journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XI**

Mechanism and Management of Coronary Artery Disease **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 31**

**Chapter 3 47**

**Chapter 4 67**

Technical Aspect of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting **77**

**Chapter 5 79**

**Chapter 6 109**

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Surgical Anastomosis: Tips and Tricks

Early and Late Survival and Associated Factors in Patients Undergoing

Current Status, Perspectives, and Future Directions of Multivessel Disease and Left Main Coronary Disease: Its Treatment by PCI or Surgery

Evaluation of the Effect of Increased Arterial Stiffness on Ejection Performance and Pulmonary Arterial Pressure in Primary Mitral Regurgitation and Prediction of Ejection Fraction after Surgery:

Antiplatelet Therapy after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Inconsistency of Clinical Practice and Clinical Significance of Proven

Role of Medical Therapy in Chronic Mitral Regurgitation

*by Ivana Sopek Merkas, Nenad Lakusic, Krunoslav Fuckar, Dusko Cerovec* 

*by Juan Mieres and Alfredo E. Rodríguez*

Analysis Using Wave Intensity *by Kiyomi Niki and Motoaki Sugawara*

Resistance to Antiplatelet Agents

*and Kristina Maric Besic*

*by Mohd. Shahbaaz Khan*

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

*by Ahmad Amouzeshi and Zahra Amouzeshi*

*by Ruchika Meel*

**Section 2**
