The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

January 8, 2026 – National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the following: ...

A retired HGV driver was the first person in the world to take part in a clinical trial to extend the lifespan of blood ...

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 ...

For women with severe CAD, percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with increased risk for MACCE and all-cause mortality compared with CABG.

Complement activation via C3 and C5 plays an important role in inflammation, vasoconstriction, vascular leakage, leukocyte activation, cardiac damage, and apoptosis. The inhibition of complement ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that endoscopic radial artery harvesting results in fewer ...

Aims: Coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) are increasingly performed in elderly patients. Risk factors and outcomes are poorly described for those undergoing noncardiac surgery within 1 year after ...

Among patients who are already taking statins, giving additional doses in the hours before CABG isn’t worthwhile, the StaRT-CABG trial shows. The 30-day rate of MACCE (a composite of all-cause ...

Fans of Taylor Swift are wishing her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, well as he recovers from heart surgery. Scott Swift, 73, underwent a quintuple bypass over a month ago after doctors suggested ...