Clinical Management Strategies for Coronary Artery Disease and Revascularization
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiovascular Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coronary artery disease; percutaneous coronary intervention; coronary artery bypass grafting; coronary physiology; coronary imaging; antithrombotic therapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am excited to serve as Guest Editor for a Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine dedicated to current progress and future directions in coronary artery disease, titled “Clinical Management Strategies for Coronary Artery Disease and Revascularization.”
Coronary artery disease has been consistently recognized for decades as the leading cause of mortality worldwide. In recent years, substantial progress has been made—from the early identification and study of angiographically non-obstructive plaques at risk of progression or destabilization, to the pharmacological treatment of these lesions and the emerging potential for interventional approaches. At the same time, major advances in invasive and non-invasive coronary physiology and imaging have refined our understanding of obstructive plaque characteristics and the functional significance of stenoses. These developments, together with innovations in device technologies and increasingly personalized antiplatelet therapies, have significantly influenced strategies for revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting) and ultimately improved the clinical outcomes of these procedures.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide practicing clinical and interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons with a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art review articles and original research on the management of coronary artery disease.
Topics will span invasive and non-invasive coronary physiology, invasive and non-invasive plaque imaging, strategies for percutaneous and surgical revascularization, novel devices for coronary revascularization, and emerging antithrombotic approaches for primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease.
The deadline for manuscript submission is 25 July 2026. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Marco Spagnolo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coronary artery disease
- coronary revascularization
- coronary physiology
- coronary imaging
- antithrombotic therapy
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