Reliance on CTA-derived FFR produced more perfectly patent grafts than QCA ...

A late-breaking study drawing on more than 15 years of national outcomes data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database ...

Decision-making between percutaneous and surgical revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) is challenging. Current guidelines recommend surgery as the preferred ...

NEWARK, DE — CABG surgery is more expensive than PCI for the nonemergent treatment of multivessel disease, but given the better outcomes with surgery, CABG provides "reasonable value" based on ...

BOSTON, MA — A surgical revascularization strategy that uses multiple arterial coronary artery bypass grafts (MA-CABG) in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease results in lower mortality ...

CHICAGO, IL—It took 10 years, but long-term follow-up from the STICH trial now demonstrates a survival benefit for surgical revascularization on top of best medical therapy as compared with medical ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—For patients with diabetes and advanced coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is superior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over the long ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among patients with left main coronary artery disease, COPD was found to increase the risk of mortality and MI both 30 days and 3 years following surgical intervention. This increased risk was ...