Durham, NC - New evidence suggesting a survival benefit for patients with severe CAD initially treated with CABG instead of PCI or medical therapy will only add to the ongoing debate over the relative ...

Patients with multivessel or left main coronary artery disease in optimal physical and mental health fare much better with CABG surgery than PCI over long-term follow-up, an analysis of the SYNTAX ...

In a real-world cohort of Medicare beneficiaries with ACS and multivessel CAD, CABG conferred lower odds of mortality, readmission and repeat procedures compared with PCI, researchers reported. The ...

(UPDATED) If there’s an area of cardiology in need of reconciliation, revascularization of left main coronary artery disease would be a worthy candidate given the acrimony of the past few years. Now, ...

The relative benefits of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) continue to be actively debated and analyzed. A recent meta-analysis of individual data from 7 ...

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Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be a better option than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring coronary revascularization, ...

BOSTON -- Adding fuel to the controversy of revascularization for left main disease, patients had better survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery than percutaneous coronary ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with a higher risk for all-cause and in-hospital mortality compared with percutaneous coronary intervention in patients on dialysis. A recent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As Healio previously reported, in the main results of BEST, published in 2015 in The New England Journal of ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure called ...

Cardiology has its share of controversies. Although some of them are settled, others just settle down while the field does its current best for patients and ponders how the next clinical trial should ...