The Living Guidelines: UA/NSTEMI Recommendations for CABG Polling Results for CLASS IIb Guidelines

1. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery may be considered in patients with UA/NSTEMI who have 1 or 2 vessel disease not involving the proximal LAD with a modest area of ischemic myocardium when percutaneous revascularization is not optimal or possible. (If there is a large area of viable myocardium and high-risk criteria on non invasive testing, this recommendation becomes a Class I recommendation.) (Level of Evidence: B)

 UA/NSTEMI Guidelines Class IIb Recommendation 1 for CABG should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III

Reference

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