Patients with acute heart failure often require immediate treatment to restore optimal heart function. The 2 primary methods of revascularization are coronary artery bypass graft and percutaneous ...
A new standard definition of complete coronary artery revascularization was proposed by researchers associated with the ISCHEMIA trial. Anatomic completeness of revascularization, according to this ...
New insights from the TWILIGHT trial showed that ticagrelor monotherapy after three months of ticagrelor plus aspirin was associated with similar rates of recurrent coronary revascularization, major ...
"The safety of PCI or CABG in those with mild renal impairment is an important issue, because many patients with diabetes and multivessel disease will have mild renal dysfunction." — Michael E.
The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC), in collaboration with several other professional organizations, have published the first comprehensive set of performance ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Coronary revascularization confers similar outcomes regardless of race, ethnicity or sex, so decisions on ...
Total arterial revascularization (TAR) might not be the most popular approach to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), but ...
(UPDATED) Looking once again at a question that many cardiologists considered settled, a new meta-analysis suggests that patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing elective ...
Amarin Corporation announced results from the phase 3 REDUCE-IT study of icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) demonstrating a significant reduction in coronary revascularization procedures in high risk patients ...
PARIS, France—There is no excess risk of death from noncardiac causes in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) treated with revascularization and medical therapy when compared with those who ...
Clinicians should approach decisions regarding coronary revascularization based on clinical indications without an eye toward sex, race, or ethnicity, advises a joint clinical practice guideline ...
In the absence of a randomized, outcome-driven trial, coronary artery revascularization is only performed in vascular surgery patients who would benefit from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) ...