This article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery has on postacute placement for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. Objective: To describe the ...

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For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

MADRID — New data from two randomized trials suggest that dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) should be significantly shortened or not used at all after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). Researchers ...

Thursday marks 36 years since the death of Walter Roth’s father. He was only 48. His death came after multiple heart attacks and bypass surgeries. It’s part of the reason why, 35 years after saying ...

After discovering blockages in his coronary arteries, Bill Loche needed triple bypass surgery. Now in recovery, he offers a bit of advice for others. Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, NC, prepares to ...

Addition of the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab to statin therapy after cardiac bypass surgery did not improve 24-month graft patency in the NEWTON-CABG CardioLink-5 trial. Subodh Verma, MD, cardiac ...

MADRID, Spain—Adding ticagrelor on top of aspirin alone for 1 year does not lower the incidence of death, MI, stroke, or repeat revascularization in ACS patients who undergo CABG surgery, according to ...

A small Chinese trial compared the effects of three oral antispastic medications for 24 weeks post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to spasm-induced radial artery graft failure.

MADRID, Spain—Adding evolocumab (Repatha; Amgen) to statin therapy does not lower the risk of saphenous vein graft (SVG) failure among patients who undergo coronary artery bypass surgery, the ...

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully replaced an aortic valve and performed coronary bypass using full 3D endoscopy ...