Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed coronary artery bypass grafting without having ...

CABG surgery is an effective way to improve symptoms and prognosis in patients with advanced coronary atherosclerotic disease. Despite multiple improvements in surgical technique and patient treatment ...

In patients with coronary disease who have previously undergone CABG, chronic total occlusions occur frequently and present significant challenges for physicians performing PCI, a speaker said at the ...

Repeat revascularization was more frequent after left main percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), but raised the mortality risk after both procedures in a ...

CHICAGO, IL—It took 10 years, but long-term follow-up from the STICH trial now demonstrates a survival benefit for surgical revascularization on top of best medical therapy as compared with medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CABG/surgical AVR was tied to lower risk for stroke, MI, valve reintervention or death vs. PCI/TAVR for aortic ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with a higher risk for all-cause and in-hospital mortality compared with percutaneous coronary intervention in patients on dialysis. A recent ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—For patients with diabetes and advanced coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is superior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over the long ...

Women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches, which may result in worse outcomes after surgery, according to a ...

Patients with acute coronary syndromes who have been taking the antiplatelet medication, ticagrelor, and who need coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) may be able to safely have the procedure earlier ...

Lifestyle modifications and rapid urbanization has led to an epidemic of cardiac disease in India. The incidence of coronary artery disease ranges from 14.8 to 65.4 per 1000 population. Cardiac ...

Use of a radial artery (located within the forearm, wrist and hand) graft compared with a saphenous vein (from the leg) graft for coronary artery bypass grafting did not result in improved ...