(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed ...

Researchers at the NIH and Emory School of Medicine have completed the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass of the ...

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

Early clinical outcomes were similar between CT-FFR and QCA groups. These included atrial fibrillation (24.5% vs 35.8%), stroke (0% in both), acute renal failure (1.9% in both), and length of hospital ...

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

Gender disparities in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) might be addressed by sex-specific biomarker thresholds for perioperative myocardial injury, researchers suggested from a ...

Tyler, Texas-based Christus Mother Frances Hospital had the lowest unplanned readmission rate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the U.S. between July 1, 2020, and July 30, 2023, according to ...

Surgeons often take a blood vessel from your leg to graft onto your heart during a coronary bypass surgery. The practice can lead to scarring in many patients, which in turn can cause another heart ...

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 ...

Women are more likely than men to die after coronary artery bypass surgery, according to a large new study. Researchers still don't understand why women have these poorer outcomes. "This should be a ...

Dr. Michael Acker answers the question: 'Bypass Surgery Versus Stents?' — -- Question: What are the advantages of bypass surgery and the disadvantages of bypass surgery -- as compared with stents ...

Sponsoring Organizations: the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (developed with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons) ...