Based on randomized clinical trials begun in the 1970s showing the superiority of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to medical management for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), CABG ...

ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines ...

Gone are the days when a heart patient would have to endure 24 hours of air traveling and spend close to $50,000 to get heart ...

Emerging research highlights the cardiovascular benefits of popular anti-obesity medications, such as GLP-1-based therapies.

The national rate of readmission for coronary artery bypass graft surgery was 10.7. Here are the hospitals with the highest and lowest readmission ratios: 1. Christus Mother Frances Hospital (Tyler, ...

This randomized clinical trial found that partial cardiac denervation was an effective procedure to reduce the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after isolated coronary artery ...

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Coronary artery bypass grafting, the most common cardiac procedure in the United States, was studied mostly in men. Women are paying the price. People who frequently smoke marijuana have a higher ...

(JAMA Network Open) Among patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting, partial cardiac denervation helped ...

When Chillicothe resident Angie Alexander learned she needed open-heart surgery, she didn't think twice about where she wanted to have the procedure.