Health Rounds: First human coronary bypass surgery performed without chest cracking

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...
Medscape

Stents as Good as Surgery for Triple-Vessel Disease

CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years, the FAME 3 ...
TCTMD

NEWTON-CABG CardioLink-5: Evolocumab Doesn’t Prevent SVG Failure

MADRID, Spain—Adding evolocumab (Repatha; Amgen) to statin therapy does not lower the risk of saphenous vein graft (SVG) failure among patients who undergo coronary artery bypass surgery, the ...

Heart Bypass Surgery Explained: All you need to know from risks to recovery

For many, the thought of heart bypass surgery comes with the fear of slowing down, giving up adventures, and leading a ...
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Evolocumab did not improve vein graft disease following coronary artery bypass surgery

Madrid, Spain – 1 September 2025: After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), evolocumab did not reduce saphenous vein graft disease rates at 2 years compared with placebo, according to ...
Healio

Saphenous vein graft PCI superior to native vessel PCI in adults with prior bypass surgery

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with prior bypass surgery who need PCI had better 1-year results when the procedure was performed on ...