Previously published meta-analyses of randomized trials of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) vs coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery have suggested a lower death/myocardial ...

Determining the initial management of a patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) is influenced by his/her clinical presentation, extent and severity of the disease, left ventricular function, and ...

Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for anastomotic stenosis after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with Kawasaki disease ...

A major new study on 1,800 patients with heart disease has found that coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) are superior to angioplasty and stenting in the long run. New findings presented at a Geneva ...

The recent recognition that coronary-artery stenting has improved the short- and long-term outcomes of patients treated with angioplasty has made it necessary to reevaluate the relative benefits of ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in men’s sexual function after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) treatment for acute myocardial infarction (MI). Sixty men aged 18–70 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. When Andreas Grüntzig, MD, performed the first coronary ...

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have discovered that patients who have either coronary artery bypass graft surgery or coronary angioplasty are at an increased risk of ...

Objective: To review recent US cost estimates ofrevascularization and discuss their implications forthird-party payers. Study Design and Methods: A literature reviewwas performed using MEDLINE. The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than a third of Americans with heart disease may not be getting "guideline-based" treatment for their disease. Researchers found evidence that patients with coronary ...

When Andreas Grüntzig, MD, performed the first coronary angioplasty in a human patient in September 1977 in Zurich, Switzerland, he forever altered the landscape of cardiology. “Forty years later, we ...