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The use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), either with clopidogrel or ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca), appears to reduce the risk of failing saphenous vein grafts among patients who undergo CABG ...

In patients undergoing CABG surgery, the use of radial-artery grafts as a second conduit results in a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events and a higher patency rate at 5 years compared with ...

Peyronie's disease is a medically and surgically challenging condition to manage. Most surgical techniques to correct the penile deformity often shorten the penis and do not address the issue of ...

Keyhole saphenous vein har vesting is done under general anaesthesia at the same time as coronary artery bypass grafting. An endoscope (a thin flexible tube with a camera on the end) is inserted ...

Figure 1. A 75-year-old man who was taking 8 mg of prednisone per day for systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted for the evaluation of an enlarging chest mass. Seventeen years earlier he had ...

Smoking Impairs Saphenous Vein Conduits in CABG Surgery Patients undergoing heart bypass surgery using saphenous veins are more likely to have signs of graft failure if they are smokers, even if they ...

After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), evolocumab did not reduce saphenous vein graft disease rates at 2 years compared with placebo, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line ...

Coronary artery disease refers to hardening and narrowing of the coronary arteries as a result of atherosclerosis. This can cause angina and myocardial infarction, and result in heart failure. One ...