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 ...

Chicago, IL - One of the few randomized trials to compare cognitive outcomes after off-pump and on-pump CABG has found cognitive function slightly improved at 3 months in those who got off-pump ...

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 ...

Chicago, IL - A small, randomized cost-effectiveness trial of off-pump vs on-pump CABG, the first in the US, shows a $2800 saving in using the beating-heart technique. The data, presented in a poster ...

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.