A new study published in the journal of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders showed that particularly in individuals without diabetes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The price of CABG was not associated with adverse outcomes or CMS or patient rankings. Cost was higher at ...

Patients with multivessel or left main coronary artery disease in optimal physical and mental health fare much better with CABG surgery than PCI over long-term follow-up, an analysis of the SYNTAX ...

Gender disparities in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) might be addressed by sex-specific biomarker thresholds for perioperative myocardial injury, researchers suggested from a ...

Albany, NY - Patients who need to undergo isolated CABG surgery are still better off going to a hospital that performs a high volume of the surgeries and being operated on by a high-volume surgeon, ...

New Orleans, LA - A 40-year-old drug made from salmon sperm and used in patients recovering from coronary artery bypass surgery to counteract heparin anticoagulation may have greater side effects than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Funding has been awarded for the first trials to examine CABG vs. PCI in women and in people from historically ...

For the prevention of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, giving potassium supplements only when levels dropped below the lower limit of ...