coronary artery bypass

MADRID (MedPage Today) -- Implanting a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device at the time of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic heart failure improves outcomes over CABG alone, a small, randomized trial showed.

(MedPage Today) -- A marked decline in the rate of coronary artery bypass graft surgery led the way to a 15% overall decline in coronary revascularization procedures from 2001 to 2008, a nationwide survey showed.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Stenting appears equal to coronary artery bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease, Korean researchers found.

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Hybrid revascularization with both minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and stenting appears to provide outcomes as good over five years as with standard open surgery off-pump, researchers found.

(MedPage Today) -- For patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), using a radial artery graft versus a saphenous vein graft did not improve patency rates, a randomized trial showed.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Having an alcoholic drink does not appear to cause problems for patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery -- but doctors warn that these patients cannot have more than one or two drinks a day.

LOS ANGELES (MedPage Today) -- Patients undergoing multi-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery appear to be profoundly insulin resistant -- having an insulin profile that mirrors that of diabetic patients.

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Coronary artery bypass grafts taken from the radial artery may provide short-term patency that is just as good as that of the more standard saphenous vein grafts, researchers found in a randomized trial.

Use of a heart-lung machine during coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) doesn't impair outcomes or cognition any more than "off-pump" procedures, according to results of a large randomized trial.

BARCELONA (MedPage Today) -- Two-year data from the 1,800-patient SYNTAX trial essentially confirmed the edge given a year ago to coronary artery bypass grafting over stenting to treat complex coronary lesions, researchers said here.