Durham, NC - New evidence suggesting a survival benefit for patients with severe CAD initially treated with CABG instead of PCI or medical therapy will only add to the ongoing debate over the relative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a real-world cohort of Medicare beneficiaries with ACS and multivessel CAD, CABG conferred lower odds of ...

Patients with left main coronary artery disease who present with ACS fare just as well when treated with PCI as they do with CABG surgery, according to results of a new study. While ACS patients had ...

The relative benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) continue to be actively debated and analyzed. A recent meta-analysis of individual data from 7 ...

LOS ANGELES — Patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease treated with CABG surgery had significantly lower rates of death from any cause, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke when ...

While the academic world has, at times, been embroiled in rancorous debates about the merits of one approach over the other in different settings, such as left main CAD or stable multivessel disease, ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with a higher risk for all-cause and in-hospital mortality compared with percutaneous coronary intervention in patients on dialysis. A recent ...

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 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 ...

HealthDay News — For older adults with multi-artery disease, long-term survival is better for those who undergo coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) rather than percutaneous coronary intervention ...

The American College of Cardiology Foundation has recently released revised guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention, according to ACC news releases.