Doing better in more complex patients: leading the way for QUIP.

The article offers information on improvements in the medical treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) and advances in interventional and surgical therapy. Topics discussed include myocardial infarction and repeat revascularization when compared with percutaneous coronary intervention; increase in comorbidities of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting; implications for the treatment of octogenarians with CAD.