Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a common surgery used to restore blood flow when coronary arteries become severely blocked by plaque buildup, and is performed over 200,000 times a year ...

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 study supports “more is more” when it comes to arterial conduits until additional RCT data arrive, researcher says.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Like other specialties in medicine, cardiology has seen an influx in interest in less invasive therapeutic ...

Researchers at the NIH and Emory School of Medicine have completed the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass of the left main stem before transcatheter aortic valve ...

Although CABG remains the revascularization treatment of choice for patients with severely symptomatic or life-threatening coronary artery disease (CAD), 9% to 25% of the patients who have undergone ...

Different CABG approaches have their own time and place, studies suggest ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major global health concern and one of the leading causes of death worldwide, caused primarily by the buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries that supply oxygen-rich ...

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center is the only hospital in Orange County to earn six consecutive three-star ratings from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for coronary artery bypass grafting ...

Researchers report there has been a decline of roughly 36 percent in the number of patients undergoing a CABG; but reassuringly, the risk of death and other poor outcomes remains identical among those ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease treated with CABG surgery had significantly lower rates of death from any cause, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke when ...