Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a type of open-heart surgery commonly used to treat coronary artery disease.

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 ...

When applied during open-heart bypass surgery, the results were impressive. "We were able to demonstrate that effects are mediated via this receptor that lead, on the one hand, to connective tissue ...

While February is American Heart Month, a Moorhead man has a story about a choice he made that saved his life. Curt Kasper of Moorhead was back at work for the first time since December following ...

Health First's Heart & Vascular Program received a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its coronary artery bypass graft procedures. The STS star rating system is one of the ...

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals - where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a ...

Jerry Plaster, 80, survived a 'widow-maker' heart attack after receiving CPR from a friend and undergoing six-hour heart ...

Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by ...

It's long been documented that women have a slimmer chance of surviving heart bypass surgery compared to men, and researchers believe that they now know why. Women tend to be more vulnerable to blood ...

Gastric bypass patients had a lower rate of major adverse cardiac events than sleeve gastrectomy patients over 5 years. This was driven by a 40% risk reduction for myocardial infarction among gastric ...