A local man was raising awareness about the importance of heart health after surviving quintuple bypass surgery.

Research led by the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany has ...

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB) involves a small anterior left thoracotomy incision of 4-6 cm. Because of this, there are considerable benefits over the conventional ...

One of the initial studies to evaluate primary stenting of subclavian arteries was by Kumar et al., which reported an excellent technical success rate of 100%. [22] The reasoning for this included ...

Leg amputation rates caused by arterial disease are four times as high in the most disadvantaged areas in England. The new study, from the University of Sheffield, also found patients living in the ...

A 71-year-old female was admitted to our cardiac surgery clinic for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure. Three months earlier, she had an acute inferoposterior myocardial infarction ...

Objectives Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is significantly associated with reduced survival, but poor characterisation and inconsistent ...

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is an indispensable technique in cardiac surgery, providing the ability to temporarily replace cardiopulmonary function and create a bloodless surgical field.

More information: Justin M. Schaffer et al, Survival After Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation During Coronary Artery Bypass in Medicare Beneficiaries, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (2025).