Pages tagged: coronary artery bypass

This depends on the clotting ability of the patient’s blood and the technical performance of the anastomoses (suturing the graft...

Potentially and probably yes, but this is an active area of clinical research presently. Thank you.

Cardiovascular surgeons operate on your heart and blood vessels to repair damage caused by diseases or disorders of the cardiovascular...

Two major advances in medicine made heart surgery possible: The heart-lung machine, which takes over the work of the heart. Body cooling techniques, which allow more time for surgery without causing brain damage.

Thousands of heart surgeries are performed every day in the United States. In fact, in a recent year, surgeons performed...

Like every other organ or tissue in your body, the heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to survive. The heart gets...