What Is Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Health Encyclopedia: Heart Bypass Surgery
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Rating Hospitals and Doctors
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...For example, two hospitals that were top-ranked for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery... Read more »
Avoiding endocarditis prophylaxis at your next dental appointment
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...see in someone who undergoes valve replacement or coronary artery bypass grafting. The good... Read more »
Topical Pain Medications: Which Ones Do the Job?
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...CONTRAINDICATIONS include treating pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft surgery,... Read more »
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 »
A Doctor's Read on the New Chemo Brain Treatment Study
By Luis A. Diaz, MD , Health ExpertChemo brain, also known as cognitive impairment from chemotherapy, is a term frequently used by... Read more »
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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 »Open heart surgery
...repair Congenital heart defect corrective surgery Heart bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass graft - CABG) Heart transplant Heart... Read more »Unstable angina
...medications to control blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms. Surgery may be recommended. CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting) or PTCA (balloon angioplasty), often with the implantation of... Read more »Angina: stable
...surgery such as: Percutanueous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) Support Groups Expectations... Read more »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 »Images
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Medical advances mean fewer heart surgeries
May 20, 2009According 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 »
Talk therapy may ease post-heart surgery depression
April 10, 2009Two non-drug treatments--cognitive behavior therapy and supportive stress management--seem to be more effective than usual care for treating... Read summary »
Study: Statins lower stroke risk after bypass
October 03, 2008People 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 »
Ultrasound Predicts Heart Attacks?
August 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new application for the widely used ultrasound imaging technology is showing promise in identifying people at high risk for... Read summary »
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 »
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