The AHA's scientific statement on coronary artery revascularization in older adults proposes an individualized, patient-centered approach that accounts for age-related physiologic changes and ...

Patients with acute heart failure often require immediate treatment to restore optimal heart function. The 2 primary methods of revascularization are coronary artery bypass graft and percutaneous ...

Limited data are available on the long-term outcomes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring revascularization. We ...

Background Elderly patients are the fastest growing population in the US healthcare system and more patients aged 80 years and older require CABG or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ...

People who have heart artery-opening procedures, called coronary artery revascularization, experience similar outcomes regardless of gender or race; thus the use of invasive heart procedures should ...

(UPDATED) Looking once again at a question that many cardiologists considered settled, a new meta-analysis suggests that patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing elective ...

PARIS, France—There is no excess risk of death from noncardiac causes in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) treated with revascularization and medical therapy when compared with those who ...

Ten-year follow-up data show similar mortality with PCI and CABG in selected patients, adding new evidence to the ...

Evolocumab therapy reduces the risk for major cardiovascular events in stable patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention.

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC), in collaboration with several other professional organizations, have published the first comprehensive set of performance ...

In ischemic heart disease, clogged arteries cause the heart muscle to be deprived of the oxygen-rich blood needed to function. Patients with ischemic heart disease may experience chest pain or ...

During the past three decades, randomized trials and registries have provided extensive evidence regarding the indications for and preferred method of coronary revascularization. 1 The initial trials ...