(UPDATED) In patients with ACS, performing CABG within a couple of days after ticagrelor cessation is noninferior to waiting 5 or 6 days in terms of bleeding events, according to new randomized data.

CABG surgery is an effective way to improve symptoms and prognosis in patients with advanced coronary atherosclerotic disease. Despite multiple improvements in surgical technique and patient treatment ...

THE Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) has marked another milestone in Tanzania’s healthcare sector after successfully ...

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 ...

In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- versus single-arterial grafting may help explain the differing results between ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of CABG has declined dramatically in MI admissions, particularly in STEMI, according to a presentation ...

Women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches, which may result in worse outcomes after surgery, according to a ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Long-term follow-up from two new studies—MAIN-COMPARE and SYNTAX Extended Survival (SYNTAXES)—provide new insights into the relative strengths and weaknesses of PCI and CABG for the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) have consistently been found to be less cost-effective than coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) over the long term, but a new randomized ...

Lifestyle modifications and rapid urbanization has led to an epidemic of cardiac disease in India. The incidence of coronary artery disease ranges from 14.8 to 65.4 per 1000 population. Cardiac ...

New findings question the need for oral anticoagulants for patients who develop atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), showing that while the arrythmia may be more ...