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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Cabg Surgery

Talk therapy may ease post-heart surgery depression

April 10, 2009
Two non-drug treatments--cognitive behavior therapy and supportive stress management--seem to be more effective than usual care for treating depression in patients who've had coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, a new study finds. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Rating Hospitals and Doctors
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert

...top-ranked for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery from one service were ranked fourth... Read more »

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Coronary Angioplasty, Stents, and Other Relics of the Paleolithic Age
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...balloon angioplasty, stent implantation, atherectomy, coronary bypass surgery¾all the... Read more »

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Honoring those who have survived strokes on World Stroke Day
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...of it at all. Years after a heart attack, or even coronary bypass surgery, you can still work,... Read more »

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Heart-healthy advice that can enhance your life!
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...nineties). My father sustained one heart attack, had coronary bypass surgery twice, had carotid... Read more »

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Avoiding endocarditis prophylaxis at your next dental appointment
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...after a heart attack), or have been the site of prior surgery (reparative, or replacement), or... Read more »

Health Guide

Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
...incisions in your chest and viewing the surgery on video monitors. For this procedure, called port-access coronary bypass surgery, your heart is attached to a heart-lung machine. Doctors are... Read more »
Heart bypass surgery
...surgery - heart; CABG; Coronary artery bypass graft Read more »
Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Surgery
...where angioplasties are available may still be more beneficial than thrombolytics for many individuals.)Coronary bypass surgery is typically used as elective surgery for patients with blocked... Read more »
Angina Patient Guide: Symptoms & Causes
...angina have been treated with medications only for many years. Increasingly, however, angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery on a non-urgent basis is being used to help reduce symptoms for those... Read more »
Heart bypass surgery
...graft Expectations after surgery Every year over one half million Americans have coronary bypass surgery to relieve symptoms and prolong their lives. In the majority of people... Read more »

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Related News

Diabetics, Older Patients Benefit From Heart Bypass
April 14, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It may be a more invasive surgery, but new research shows heart bypass surgery leads to longer lives than angioplasty for... Read summary »

New Tool Predicts Alzheimer's?
May 29, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- A new tool may be able to predict whether you or a loved one are at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers examined more than... Read summary »

Medical advances mean fewer heart surgeries
May 20, 2009

According to a new study, advances in heart surgery and improved heart disease prevention methods have resulted in a large decline in the number of... Read summary »

Study: Statins lower stroke risk after bypass
October 03, 2008

People who take statins after coronary artery bypass graft surgery may reduce their risk of stroke, U.S. researchers say. A study of more than 5,200... Read summary »

Beta-Blockers and Post-Surgery Deaths
October 24, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients who are given beta-blockers around the time of a non-cardiac surgery could be at an increased risk of suffering a... Read summary »