Articles Tagged With: cabg
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Rates of Ad Hoc PCI Higher for Multivessel and Left Main Diseases
In this retrospective analysis of patients from the New York state percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting databases, ad hoc PCI was performed frequently among patients with left main and multivessel disease. Also, variability in ad hoc PCI use among hospitals and physicians for these populations was high.
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CABG vs. PCI for Left Main Disease at 5 Years
Five years after randomizing 1,905 patients with left main disease to coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention, researchers found no significant difference in the primary composite outcome of death, stroke, or myocardial infarction.
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Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
The data from this study do not indicate that new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation should be regarded as having the same risks as primary nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in terms of long-term thromboembolic risk, and that anticoagulation in this group may not be necessary unless the atrial fibrillation is persistent.