More Bypass Surgery News

• Experimental Drug Controls Cardiac Patients' Blood Pressure

  March 28 (HealthDay News) -- The investigational antihypertensive drug clevidipine may control blood pressure for ...

• Drugs as Good as Angioplasty for Stable Heart Disease

  March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Aggressive drug therapy appears to be just as good as ...

• Bypass Better Than Stent Use for Blocked Artery

  March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally invasive heart bypass surgery results in longer and better ...

• Medication Errors Common for Transplant Patients

  March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Medication errors are common and often difficult to detect in ...

• Doctors, Not Patients, Often Decide Where Surgeries Are Performed

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors often play a big role in deciding where U.S. ...

• Weekend Heart Attacks Can Be Deadlier

  March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Heart attacks treated on a Saturday or Sunday are more ...

• Blood: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

  March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Blood donations typically sag during the early part of each ...

• Invasive Therapy Doesn't Cut Deaths in Acute Coronary Syndrome

  March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Early invasive therapies that open blocked heart arteries don't reduce ...

• Medication Errors During Surgeries Particularly Dangerous

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medication errors that occur during the course of a surgical ...

• Specialty Heart Hospitals Increase Rate of Surgeries

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- So-called specialty hospitals, which focus on one disease or condition ...

• 'Off-Pump' Bypass Won't Prevent Post-Op Mental Decline

  Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Performing bypass surgery with a still-beating heart, rather than putting ...

• First Recombinant DNA-Based Suture Approved

  Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the TephaFlex ...

• Drug May Improve Post-Op Outcomes for Bypass Patients

  Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The drug nesiritide (trade name Natrecor) may help prevent kidney ...

• Heart Surgery Drug May Boost Death Risk

  Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Patients given aprotinin, a drug used to limit blood loss ...

• ER Chest Pain Tests Driven by Race, Gender, Insurance

  Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Race, gender and health insurance status strongly influence how U.S. ...

• U.S. Report: Too Few Screened for Chronic Diseases

  Feb. 2 (iVillage Total Health) -- Far too many Americans are skipping the recommended screening ...

• Air Pollution Poses Heart Risk to Postmenopausal Women

  Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who live in areas with higher air pollution ...

• Top U.S. Hospitals Have 28% Lower Mortality Rate: Study

  Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The top 5 percent of hospitals in the United States ...

• Antidepressants Fight Heart Disease-Linked Depression

  Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Drug treatment may beat psychotherapy at relieving the major depression ...