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, ...

Objective To evaluate sex differences in perioperative characteristics, in-hospital outcomes and long-term survival following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).Methods Prospective data were ...

Among patients who are already taking statins, giving additional doses in the hours before CABG isn’t worthwhile, the StaRT-CABG trial shows. The 30-day rate of MACCE (a composite of all-cause ...

A 65-year-old man treated for ventricular tachycardia storm after repeat bypass surgery, requiring extensive defibrillator shocks for recovery.

Trial findings suggest that the less invasive approach to heart bypass surgery offers comparable safety and efficacy to established methods and that safety issues inherent to invasive catheterisation ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CABG/surgical AVR was tied to lower risk for stroke, MI, valve reintervention or death vs. PCI/TAVR for aortic ...

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 ...

Perioperative morbidity and mortality were reduced with off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, though survival ...

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals - where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a ...