Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols
anOPCAB	= Anaortic (aorta no-touch) OPCAB		MI	= Myocardial infarction
ART	= Arterial Revascularization Trial		MRI	= Magnetic resonance imaging
BITA	= Bilateral internal thoracic artery		NT	= No-touch
CABG	= Coronary artery bypass grafting		OM	= Obtuse marginal
CAD	= Coronary artery disease		ONCAB	= On-pump CABG
CPB	= Cardiopulmonary bypass		OPCAB	= Off-pump CABG
CI	= Confidence interval		PCI	= Percutaneous coronary intervention
Dg	= Diagonal artery		PDA	= Posterior descending coronary artery
DSWI	= Deep sternal wound infections		RA	= Radial artery
ESC/EACTS	= European Society of Cardiology/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery		RCA	= Right coronary artery
			RITA	= Right internal thoracic artery
GOPCABE	= German Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients		SBI	= Silent brain infarcts
			SITA	= Single internal thoracic artery
ITA	= Internal thoracic artery		SV	= Saphenous vein
LAD	= Left anterior descending coronary artery		SVG	= Saphenous vein graft
LITA	= Left internal thoracic artery