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 ...

In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed 2-3 days after ticagrelor cessation showed noninferiority with respect to perioperative bleeding ...

A new study finds that a simple index combining triglycerides, total cholesterol, and body weight outperforms established ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure called ...

The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) or instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) to assess the functional significance of coronary lesions prior to CABG surgery is linked with a higher risk of early ...

We identified 211 patients who had a noncardiac surgical procedure within 1 year after CABG. We report patient characteristics and medical history in Table 1. Variables and outcomes associated with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers performed the first-in-human minimally invasive coronary artery bypass procedure. A University of ...

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 ...

This EVH technique could offer patients small scars, less pain, fast wound healing and a low risk of wound complications. The surrounding skin on the patient's leg will also remain largely intact, ...

Dual antiplatelet therapy after heart bypass surgery is not more effective than aspirin alone - and it increases the risk of excessive bleeding. This has now been shown in a study of 2,201 patients at ...

Women continue to have a higher risk of mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) compared with men, with no significant improvements seen over the last decade, a ...