Boston, MA - Results of a randomized trial show no benefit from coronary revascularization before major vascular surgery for patients with clinically significant but stable coronary disease. "In terms ...

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The need for a repeat procedure following revascularization of the left main coronary artery was more common among patients initially treated with PCI versus CABG surgery in the EXCEL trial, but ...

A strategy of complete revascularization, either with PCI or bypass surgery, in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease significantly reduces all-cause mortality when compared with ...

In patients with multi-vessel heart disease who have had a heart attack, immediate treatment with stents in all diseased arteries was found to be as safe and effective at one year of follow-up as ...

The risk of both mortality and rehospitalization after an elective revascularization procedure for coronary artery disease is similar for people with and without Alzheimer's disease (AD), but people ...

Patients with STEMI and multivessel disease who underwent a single-procedure multivessel PCI had improved outcomes compared with those who underwent culprit-only PCI, according to a meta-analysis ...

The AHA's scientific statement on coronary artery revascularization in older adults proposes an individualized, patient-centered approach that accounts for age-related physiologic changes and ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penumbra, Inc., a global interventional therapies company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative medical devices, today announced that the results ...

Objective: To review recent US cost estimates ofrevascularization and discuss their implications forthird-party payers. Study Design and Methods: A literature reviewwas performed using MEDLINE. The ...

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 ...

April 11 (UPI) --A newly developed, non-invasive imaging test can help identify which patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing need angioplasty or a bypass procedure, a U.S. study published ...