More Bypass Surgery News

• Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Over the last decade, advances in heart surgery and improved ...

• Racial Disparity Seen in Angioplasty Outcomes

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are more likely than any other racial group ...

• Genes May Affect Complications After Heart Surgery

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Testing for a gene variant that increases the risk of ...

• Abnormal Heartbeat After Bypass a Bad Sign

  April 24 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop the heartbeat abnormality called atrial fibrillation after ...

• Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better with Bypass

• Statins Help Obese People After Bypass Surgery

  August 15 (HealthDay News) -- Statins reduce the perils facing obese people after they have ...

• Heart Blood Vessels Grown in the Lab

  July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have grown in mice the kind of ...

• Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes

  July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Maintaining proper blood sugar levels after heart surgery is essential, ...

• Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients

  May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low doses of carbon monoxide (CO) -- the potentially lethal ...

• Danger From Heart Surgery Drug Confirmed

  May 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new Canadian study confirms that people given Trasylol, a ...

• Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results

  April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals that perform fewer cardiac bypass operations don't have more ...

• Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery

  April 1 (HealthDay News) -- The controversial diabetes drug Avandia appears to slow the progression ...

• Drug Failed to Reduce Heart Attack Risk After Bypass

  April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers found that giving patients MC-1, a naturally occurring metabolite ...

• Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery

  March 31 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with blockages in the left main coronary artery, ...

• Heart Failure Raises Risks After Non-Cardiac Surgeries

  March 25 (HealthDay News) -- Older people with heart failure face heightened odds of complications ...

• More Evidence of Danger from Heart Surgery Drug

  Feb. 21 HealthDay News) -- Two new studies confirm an increased incidence of death and ...

• Drug Combo Tied to Kidney Risk with Some Cardiac Surgeries

  Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- While use of the clotting drug aprotinin (Trasylol) appears safe ...

• Stents Slightly Better Than Bypass for Blocked Left Coronary Artery

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Implanting a stent in a clogged left main coronary artery ...

• Surgery Better Than Stents for Multiple Blockages

  Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Bypass surgery provides a lower risk of death and heart ...