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 ...

It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from ...

During a coronary artery bypass, the diseased sections of your coronary arteries are bypassed with healthy artery or vein grafts to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. This procedure is ...

Female Medicare beneficiaries undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting are more likely to receive care at low-quality hospitals.

The first groups of patients to receive CABG surgery survived for almost 18 years. However, most required repeat revascularization, which prompted researchers at the Erasmus Medical Centre in the ...

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention are the treatment options in patients with ischemia and multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD). Comparisons of ...