The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) or instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) to assess the functional significance of coronary lesions prior to CABG surgery is linked with a higher risk of early ...

Among over 1.2 million patients who underwent primary isolated CABG from 2011 to 2020, women had a higher unadjusted operative mortality versus men (2.8% vs 1.7%, P<0.001), as well as a higher overall ...

Among patients who are already taking statins, giving additional doses in the hours before CABG isn’t worthwhile, the StaRT-CABG trial shows. The 30-day rate of MACCE (a composite of all-cause ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The price of CABG was not associated with adverse outcomes or CMS or patient rankings. Cost was higher at ...

Complement activation via C3 and C5 plays an important role in inflammation, vasoconstriction, vascular leakage, leukocyte activation, cardiac damage, and apoptosis. The inhibition of complement ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders showed that particularly in individuals without diabetes ...

People with a higher metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR) had a significantly greater rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after they underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Funding has been awarded for the first trials to examine CABG vs. PCI in women and in people from historically ...

In these 102 patients, the mean time from the last dose of ticagrelor was 22.8 hours. The mean age was 63.8 years, approximately 80% were male, and 43% had diabetes There were no device-related ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), has been awarded a three-star overall quality rating by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its cardiothoracic surgery program, ...