In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed 2-3 days after ticagrelor cessation showed noninferiority with respect to perioperative bleeding ...

New findings question the need for oral anticoagulants for patients who develop atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), showing that while the arrythmia may be more ...

Patients benefit from antiplatelet therapy after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) for an acute coronary syndrome. Whether the addition of ticagrelor to aspirin, as compared with aspirin alone, ...

LONDON, England—The “no-touch” harvesting technique for patients undergoing CABG surgery using a saphenous vein graft does not lower the risk of graft failure but is associated with a significantly ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

Compared with ticagrelor or aspirin alone, 12 months of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with a reduced risk of MACE that persists out to 5 ...

A coronary artery bypass is one of several types of open-heart surgeries, which are major medical procedures. Open-heart surgery is a group of procedures that involve cutting through the breastbone to ...

A small Chinese trial compared the effects of three oral antispastic medications for 24 weeks post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to spasm-induced radial artery graft failure.

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 ...