In patients undergoing CABG surgery, the use of radial-artery grafts as a second conduit results in a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events and a higher patency rate at 5 years compared with ...

Coronary artery disease refers to hardening and narrowing of the coronary arteries as a result of atherosclerosis. This can cause angina and myocardial infarction, and result in heart failure. One ...

The use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), either with clopidogrel or ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca), appears to reduce the risk of failing saphenous vein grafts among patients who undergo CABG ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New data from the DIVA trial show that use of drug-eluting stents or bare-metal stents may yield similar ...

Compared with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), a de-escalated DAPT strategy resulted in similar graft occlusion rates and reduced clinically relevant bleeding in patients who underwent coronary ...

Figure 1. A 75-year-old man who was taking 8 mg of prednisone per day for systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted for the evaluation of an enlarging chest mass. Seventeen years earlier he had ...

Keyhole saphenous vein har vesting is done under general anaesthesia at the same time as coronary artery bypass grafting. An endoscope (a thin flexible tube with a camera on the end) is inserted ...