Sponsoring Organizations: the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (developed with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons) ...

Aims: Coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) are increasingly performed in elderly patients. Risk factors and outcomes are poorly described for those undergoing noncardiac surgery within 1 year after ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Key Takeaways Bypass surgery is better than stents for serious heart disease.A ...

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 ...

Patients benefit from antiplatelet therapy after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) for an acute coronary syndrome. Whether the addition of ticagrelor to aspirin, as compared with aspirin alone, ...

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 ...

A major Indian study led by Dr Lokeswara Rao Sajja suggests multiple-artery bypass surgery is safe and more effective for ...

CHICAGO, IL—Five years down the line, patients with three-vessel disease who underwent fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided PCI have clinical outcomes on par with patients who were treated initially ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease receiving CABG surgery, researchers found comparable survival outcomes with either bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) ...

The year was 1975, the place Sydney. Steven Spielberg's Jaws was terrifying movie goers in cinemas, local rock band AC/DC had released its debut album and then-29-year-old John Ross had double bypass ...