What should clinicians discuss with patients about CABG in terms of the potential risks and benefits?
In any shared-decision making with patients about CABG, a thorough discussion about the potential risks and benefits will be essential to enable informed consent. This discussion should go beyond the immediate post-surgery risks. In particular, clinicians should address any misconception that so long as a patient pulls through the surgery, their heart failure will necessarily be fixed, as some patients will have an excellent symptomatic response and others far less.