A late-breaking study drawing on more than 15 years of national outcomes data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database ...

Among over 1.2 million patients who underwent primary isolated CABG from 2011 to 2020, women had a higher unadjusted operative mortality versus men (2.8% vs 1.7%, P<0.001), as well as a higher overall ...

Reliance on CTA-derived FFR produced more perfectly patent grafts than QCA ...

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Researchers at the NIH and Emory School of Medicine have completed the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass of the ...

Complement activation via C3 and C5 plays an important role in inflammation, vasoconstriction, vascular leakage, leukocyte activation, cardiac damage, and apoptosis. The inhibition of complement ...

LONDON, England—The “no-touch” harvesting technique for patients undergoing CABG surgery using a saphenous vein graft does not lower the risk of graft failure but is associated with a significantly ...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed ...

Among patients who are already taking statins, giving additional doses in the hours before CABG isn’t worthwhile, the StaRT-CABG trial shows. The 30-day rate of MACCE (a composite of all-cause ...

People with a higher metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR) had a significantly greater rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after they underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) ...

Dr. Lee answers the question:'Why Bypass And Not Angioplasty/Stents?' &#151; -- Question: Why Do Some Patients Require Bypass Surgery Instead Of An Angioplasty And Stents? Answer: Both bypass surgery ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...