Toronto, ON - Use of intraoperative fluorescent dye angiography during CABG may reduce the risk of graft failure by as much as 60%, one expert estimates. Dr Nimesh Desai (University of Toronto, ON) ...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the reperfusion of translocated retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-choroid graft in the treatment of patients with neovascular age-related macular ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is 1 of the most common cardiac surgical interventions. In this procedure, a section of vessel from another part of the body is used to reroute (bypass) blood around a ...

Observational data suggested no benefit to preoperative flow assessment for patients with first-time isolated CABG. Flow assessment would ostensibly have been used to guide decisions on whether to ...

A 76-year-old man who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery in 1987 had 2 saphenous vein grafts to the mid-left anterior descending and marginal branch of circumflex coronary arteries. PCI with ...

A study confirms that medication-releasing stents reduce scar tissue formation in saphenous vein grafts, and patients receiving them have lower short-term incidence of vessel re-narrowing, heart ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) had arguably better early results for multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) when the surgery was guided by CT-based fractional flow reserve ...

New research suggests that the benefits associated with fractional flow reserve (FFR) assessment in patients with multivessel disease (MVD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) might ...

A clot-busting therapy may benefit some heart attack patients who cannot have immediate angioplasty, according to new research. A clot-busting therapy may benefit some heart attack patients who cannot ...