Surgical outcomes were no worse for patients on dialysis who underwent on-pump heart-beating CABG compared with patients not on dialysis. Patients on dialysis typically have a poor prognosis after ...

Recovery from bypass surgery usually takes 6 to 12 weeks and during that time there are restrictions on driving, lifting ...

What determines whether a patient will have “on-pump” or “off-pump” coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)? —Elissa Internicola Lebow, PA-C, Staten Island, N.Y. Patients may achieve an excellent ...

Sponsoring Organizations: the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (developed with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons) ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

A small Chinese trial compared the effects of three oral antispastic medications for 24 weeks post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to spasm-induced radial artery graft failure.