Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has become a common surgical procedure and increasingly done in Iraq. The greater saphenous vein (GSV) is the most veins often used as the conduit ...

However, the prognostic implication of liver fibrosis scores in patients with prediabetes or diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has not been investigated yet. Purpose: This ...

New studies in JACC highlight improvements in cardiac structure and function among CABG patients, as well as changes in ...

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 ...

China: A recent clinical trial has demonstrated that partial cardiac denervation (pCAD) is an effective strategy for reducing ...

Background: The impact of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on long-term clinical outcomes has not been adequately evaluated yet. Methods: Among ...

Off-pump CABG, which avoids aortic cannulation and cardiopulmonary bypass ... in diabetes patients. Since 1999, both stent use and left internal mammary-artery grafting have become more common.

Results from the GLORIOUS trial indicated that exenatide did not decrease mortality or severe organ injury among patients who ...

The pCAD-POAF trial showed that in patients undergoing isolated CABG, intraoperative partial cardiac denervation reduced the incidence of postoperative AF by almost 50% without increased morbidity or ...