Marc Ruel
Papers
11
Total Citations
247
H-Index
6
About
Marc Ruel is a pioneering cardiac surgeon whose career has been defined by a relentless pursuit of less invasive approaches to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). His research sits at the intersection of surgical innovation, myocardial revascularization, and hybrid interventional strategies, making him one of the most influential voices shaping the future of cardiac surgery. Ruel's most cited work, a 2013 angiographic patency study on minimally invasive CABG (138 citations), provided critical evidence that smaller-incision approaches could achieve outcomes comparable to conventional sternotomy. Building on this foundation, his 2018 review of new surgical revascularization strategies (58 citations) systematically examined hybrid CABG — combining the durability of arterial grafting with the flexibility of percutaneous intervention — helping establish this approach in mainstream practice. Across multiple high-impact publications spanning 2021 to 2025, Ruel has championed nonsternotomy multivessel CABG and robotic internal thoracic artery harvesting as reproducible, widely applicable techniques. His work on mitral valve repair further reflects a broad commitment to outcomes-driven cardiac surgery. Collectively, his publications signal a clear vision: that the operation of the future must be not only effective and durable, but meaningfully less invasive for patients.
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Top Papers
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- 2New Strategies for Surgical Myocardial Revascularization58 citations · 2018
- 3Less invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting: now is the time12 citations · 2021
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- 5Hybrid approach for coronary artery revascularization10 citations · 2014
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- 10Designing the coronary artery bypass surgery operation of the future2 citations · 2023