The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed ...

Coronary bypass surgery is major open-heart surgery, and recovery can take several weeks. Here's what you need to know about common problems after your operation and what you can do to make the ...

May 28 -- Undergoing a typical bypass operation today is major surgery. The surgeon opens the patient's chest and sometimes needs to stop the heart temporarily, and rely on a machine to pump the blood ...

During a coronary artery bypass, the diseased sections of your coronary arteries are bypassed with healthy artery or vein grafts to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. This procedure is ...

For diabetics, heart drugs may be just as effective as bypass surgery or stents. NEW ORLEANS, June 8, 2009— -- Cardiac bypass surgery, angioplasty and stents were no better than standard drugs ...

In a retrospective study of more than 3,000 coronary artery bypass grafting surgery patients, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, a part of CHI St. Luke’s ...

Bengaluru: In a significant global milestone in integrated surgical care, doctors at Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta Road, ...

Heart patients often experience lasting problems with memory, language, and other cognitive skills after bypass surgery. However, these problems aren’t caused by the surgery itself or the pump used to ...