The treatment of patients suffering from both severe coronary artery disease (CAD) and malignancy is different from those who have isolated CAD or tumor, because their body condition is poorer and the lesions of coronary artery are severer, which poses severe challenges to doctors. At present, the surgical treatment for these patients mainly includes staged operation and simultaneous surgery. Staged operation, which separates coronary artery revascularization surgery from tumor resection, has a lower incidence of postoperative complications, but tumor progression may occur during the waiting period. Simultaneous surgery combines heart procedure with tumor resection at the same time, shortens the treatment period of patients, overcomes the defect of tumor progression that may occur during the waiting period of the staged surgery, but the incidence of postoperative complications is higher. The progress of surgical treatment in patients with CAD combined with malignant tumor is summarized.
