(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

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 ...

Researchers have created a new noninvasive technique for performing a type of artery bypass that may change the future of ...

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For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

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 ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders showed that particularly in individuals without diabetes ...

For the prevention of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, giving potassium supplements only when levels dropped below the lower limit of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...