REGROUP Lifts Cloud Over Endoscopic Vein Harvesting for CABG REGROUP Lifts Cloud Over Endoscopic Vein Harvesting for CABG
The less invasive approach is favored by patients, but earlier trials suggested safety concerns with endoscopic vein-graft harvesting.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

AHA: Post-CABG Ticagrelor No Better Than Aspirin
(MedPage Today) -- And safety no better with ticagrelor either (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 12, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

AHA: CABG Still Better for Multivessel Disease in Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- FREEDOM trial extension suggests lower long-term mortality vs stents (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 12, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

AHA: Endoscopic Vein-Graft Harvesting Redeems Itself in CABG
(MedPage Today) -- Operator expertise takes care of safety concerns (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

TCT: 10 Years On, Surgery for Left Main Disease Edges Stenting
(MedPage Today) -- Separate studies suggest some groups do better with CABG (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - September 25, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Diminishing Returns for Off-Pump CABG at 10 Years Diminishing Returns for Off-Pump CABG at 10 Years
New registry data show surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with increased incomplete revascularization, reintervention, and higher mortality, even in experienced hands.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - September 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

ART: Did Bilateral IMA Bypass Grafts Miss Mark at 10 Years? ART: Did Bilateral IMA Bypass Grafts Miss Mark at 10 Years?
The long-awaited results failed to show that bilateral internal mammary artery grafts are superior conduit for CABG, but some still found reason for optimism.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

ESC: Two Artery Grafts Better than One in CABG?
(MedPage Today) -- Trial crossovers muddy the outcomes in 10-year study (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 26, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Specialized approach to open heart surgery saves lives
(Elsevier) Patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) -- the most common heart surgery performed -- may live longer and experience fewer complications when under the care of a highly focused surgical team that uses simplified and standardized approaches, according to research published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Long-term Stroke Rate Higher With CABG vs Stenting Long-term Stroke Rate Higher With CABG vs Stenting
Five-year stroke rates were lower in patients with multivessel or left main coronary artery disease who underwent stenting than in those who had coronary bypass surgery, new research shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Five-Year Stroke Rates Lower After PCI Versus CABG
WEDNESDAY, July 18, 2018 -- Stroke rates are lower at 30 days and five years after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), according to a study published in the July 24 issue of the Journal of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 18, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Early Strokes Less Common in Multivessel, LM Disease With Stents
(MedPage Today) -- 30-day advantage over CABG was mainly driven by diabetes subgroup (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - July 16, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Left Main CAD: Treatment Choice Still a Toss-Up
(MedPage Today) -- EXCEL substudies fail to find much difference between PCI and CABG (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - July 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Over-allotment takes Hancock Jaffe IPO to nearly $9m
The underwriter of an initial public offering by Hancock Jaffe Laboratories (NSDQ:HJLI) this week exercised in full its over-allotment option, taking the gross proceeds from the flotation to nearly $9 million. The IPO, which priced on the last day of May, initially brought in $7.5 million for Irvine, Calif.-based Hancock Jaffe, which makes bioprosthetic implants designed to treat chronic deep vein insufficiency, heart valve conditions and coronary artery bypass grafts. The shares trade on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol “HJLI.” Network 1 Financial Securities, the offering’s managing underwriter, exercise...
Source: Mass Device - June 15, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Funding Roundup Initial Public Offering (IPO) Vascular Wall Street Beat hancockjaffelabs Source Type: news

Radial-Artery Grafts Better Than Saphenous-Vein Grafts in CABG
WEDNESDAY, June 6, 2018 -- Compared to saphenous-vein grafts, radial-artery grafts are associated with a lower rate of adverse cardiac events at five-year follow-up in coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients, according to research published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 6, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news