Researchers have found in a new study that a 15-year follow-up found no significant difference in all-cause mortality between ...

In a challenging medical feat, a 64-year-old woman underwent intricate redo bypass surgery to address severe arterial ...

With the development of a cell-free, biodegradable artery graft comes a potentially transformative change in coronary artery bypass surgeries: Within 90 days after surgery, the patient will have a ...

The left internal thoracic artery is “associated with improved survival, graft patency, and freedom from cardiac events” in comparison to leg vein grafts in a procedure called coronary artery bypass ...

A team of London scientists have taken a major step in making the use of artificial veins and arteries in coronary bypass grafts a reality. Researchers have developed artificial graft tissue by ...

Bradykinin is of particular interest because it mediates tissue edema by increasing capillary membrane permeability and by stimulating plasma proteins, such as tissue plasminogen activator from ...

Exercise can play an important role in the rehabilitation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery because of its positive effect on many of the contributing factors for heart disease, including ...

Perioperative morbidity and mortality are slightly reduced with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) performed off-pump (OPCAB) by experienced surgeons, according to a study presented at the annual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with prior bypass surgery who need PCI had better 1-year results when the procedure was performed on ...

The effect of the use of coronary-artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac arrest (“off pump”) on graft patency remains uncertain. We undertook a prospective, randomized, ...

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.