An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study, published in the European ...

An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study suggests that deaths and serious heart disease might be prevented if some patients see a specialist heart ...

Patients benefit from antiplatelet therapy after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) for an acute coronary syndrome. Whether the addition of ticagrelor to aspirin, as compared with aspirin alone, ...

New findings question the need for oral anticoagulants for patients who develop atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), showing that while the arrythmia may be more ...

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 ...

Australians undergoing open-heart surgery could soon benefit from safer, simpler care and get home earlier thanks to the ...

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.