QUEBEC CITY — For eligible patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) yielded faster functional recovery and other benefits ...

CLEVELAND — When one thinks of heart bypass surgery-- a long chest scar, months of recovery, pain and often fear come to mind. Since December, about 55 patients have received a new, robotic approach ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Pat Zerfas wasn’t a candidate for open heart surgery. For 13 years, however, she has been dealing with a ...

PARIS, France—Patients with multivessel disease randomized to hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) in the POLMIDES trial are more likely to be alive a decade later than those treated with ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure called ...

Sasha Still, M.D., an assistant professor of the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was recently featured on UAB's MedCast Podcast. During the episode, Still discusses the unique procedure of ...

Authored by - Dr Rachit Saxena, director and unit head, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, Yashoda Institute of Cardiac Sciences (Yashoda Medicity).

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers performed the first-in-human minimally invasive coronary artery bypass procedure. A University of ...

Medical procedures for coronary artery disease include angioplasty, which uses balloons and stents to open blocked arteries, and bypass surgery, which creates new pathways around blockages using ...

Clinically, the chosen approach aimed to reduce surgical trauma, blood loss and post‑operative pain, and to speed recovery ...