MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Patients who are taking aspirin prior to undergoing CABG are not at increased risk for bleeding during the procedure, new research suggests [1]. The findings are from the ...

Learn how pericardial MPO improves postoperative atrial fibrillation prediction and could refine perioperative risk ...

Dual-antiplatelet therapy is more effective than aspirin monotherapy at preventing sudden cardiac death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, according to a study published Feb. 25 in PLOS One.

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

Operators performed closed-chest bypass before TAVI in a high-risk patient with decompensated HF due to a failing aortic ...

Despite advances in cardiovascular medicine, Black patients are 22% more likely than white patients to die in the hospital after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, according to a study of ...

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

MADRID, Spain—Adding evolocumab (Repatha; Amgen) to statin therapy does not lower the risk of saphenous vein graft (SVG) failure among patients who undergo coronary artery bypass surgery, the ...

A common form of weight-loss surgery may cut the risk of colorectal cancer by altering levels of molecules called bile acids in the blood and small intestine. The findings could lead to new treatments ...