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 ...

John Ross may be Australia's longest surviving double bypass patient. Here's how has the cardiac operation has evolved over the past 50 years.

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 ...

Complement activation via C3 and C5 plays an important role in inflammation, vasoconstriction, vascular leakage, leukocyte activation, cardiac damage, and apoptosis. The inhibition of complement ...

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, ...

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 ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular heart rhythm that can occur for the first time after heart bypass surgery. AFib will usually resolve by itself following surgery but may require treatment.

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 ...

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 surge of cardiac troponins appeared to be the norm even after uneventful coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, a prospective study confirmed, and how high these biomarkers go depended on the ...