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Open Heart Surgery Possible In Himachal Pradesh Now
The state-run Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) hospital will begin performing open-heart surgeries on patients in Himachal Pradesh. 'The IGMC hospital has built a new unit equipped with the latest...
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Relevance of Benchmarks Among CABG Patients Receiving Insulin Infusions Debated
When perioperative continuous insulin infusion protocols are implemented, achieving Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) benchmarks for glycemic control may be irrelevant in patients undergoing...
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Research Sheds Light on Open Heart Surgery and Kidney Disease Patients
A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the iJournal of the American Society of Nephrology/i (JASN) says that one type of open heart surgery is likely safer than the other for chronic kidney disease...
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Acadesine Does Not Improve Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Outcomes
A new study published in JAMA has revealed that the risk of death, need for mechanical support for ventricular dysfunction or nonfatal stroke was not lower among coronary artery bypass graft surgery...
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No Evidence of Increased Death Risk Due to Endoscopic Vein Graft Harvest for...
A JAMA report reveals that undergoing endoscopic vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is not linked with a long-term increase of risk of death compared to open vein-graft...
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Open Heart Surgery may Top Angioplasty for Dialysis Patients
Open heart surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting) appears to be safer than angioplasty (percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI) for kidney failure patients, states study published in the...
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CABG Vs. PCI in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Multivessel Revascularization
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has assumed epidemic proportion in Western countries as well as in the rest of the world. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is quite common in adults with diabetes...
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Study Finds Cognitive Dysfunction Among CABG Surgery Patients Disappears...
A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests that cognitive dysfunction among patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery disappears after eight weeks of...
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Stenting of Carotid Artery Prior to Open Heart Surgery Linked With Best...
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have found that undergoing stenting of the carotid artery before a open heart surgery leads to the best outcomes among patients with severe carotid and coronary artery...
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Indian Doctors Conduct Open Heart Surgery on 18-hour-old Baby in Delhi
Indian doctors have successfully conducted an emergency open heart surgery on an 18-hour-old baby, the youngest to have undergone such a surgery in the country till date. The baby from Mathura (a city...
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38-year-old Man from Kerala With Hemophilia Undergoes Open Heart Surgery in...
A 38-year-old patient from Kerala, Binu Nettikardan, who suffered from a rare blood disorder called hemophilia, where the blood does not clot, underwent a complicated open-heart surgery at MIOT...
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First Canine Open Heart Surgery Performed in the UK
Though open heart surgeries are common among humans, a three-year-old dog has become the first animal to undergo the operation in the UK. Labrador Mabel was diagnosed with a rare heart condition...
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Bacteria Scare for Open Heart Surgery Patients in Queensland
A warning to all people who have had open heart surgery, or a valve replacement, in the past five years has been given, saying equipment used in the operations was infected with a dangerous bacteria....
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Echo Imaging Allows Correction of Residual Holes During Child Open Heart...
Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are holes in the wall between two heart chambers, while conotruncal defects are abnormalities in the heart's outflow tracts - the pathways that carry blood from the...
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48 Hours Old Baby Given a 'Handmade Heart' After Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
A baby boy has been given a handmade heart after undergoing life-changing surgery at just 48 hours old. Vinnie Holliday, from Moseley, Birmingham, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome...
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Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Open Heart Surgery Poses Deadly Risk
Open-heart surgery is any type of surgery where the chest is cut open and surgery is performed on the muscles, valves, or arteries of the heart. A recent study found that more than a third of...
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Vitamin D Supplementation may Reduce the Effects of Open Heart Surgery
bHighlights:/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" liVitamin D supplementation before and after open-heart surgery may reduce the negative effects of the surgery./li liVitamin D level in the body...
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Feasible for Patients Above 90
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is becoming increasingly common, and appears to be a viable treatment, among individuals in their 90s, according to a study published in the American...
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Robots Assist Doctors in Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Boston now boasts a hospital where robots have joined doctors to offer minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery to patients with severe blockages. Dr. Robert Poston, the chief of...
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Open Heart Surgery on Premature Baby in Southern India
A premature baby has undergone open heart surgery in Bangalore, southern India. Jonathan, 27 weeks old, weighs 900 grams. He is almost the size of a palm. Born after a gestation period of less than...
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Risk Factors for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery...
Awareness for an additional risk category for patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass surgery- low to moderate levels of inflammation- has been raised in a new study published in the March...
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Increased Levels of Cardiac Biomarkers After CABG Surgery Risky
Risk of death higher in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery and have portrayed elevated levels of the cardiac enzymes creatine kinase or troponin in the 24 hours following...
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Open Heart Surgery for Bad Aortic Valve Soon to be Replaced by Arterial...
A new study by doctors at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital has found that people with a bad aortic valve can avoid an open-heart surgery now and a new valve can be placed through...
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Aggressive Glycemic Control in Diabetic CABG Patients Does Not Improve...
In diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, aggressive glycemic control does not result in any significant improvement of clinical outcomes as compared with moderate...
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In Patients With Triple Vessel Disease, CABG Still Preferred Over PCI
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was associated with significantly higher risk for serious adverse events in patients with triple vessel disease than coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG),...
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22-Hour-Old Baby Undergoes Open Heart Surgery in Britain
A 22-hour old baby became the youngest person to undergo an open heart surgery in Britain after he was diagnosed with a rare condition affecting one in 5,000 births. Toby Drink was diagnosed with...
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First Open Heart Surgery in UP Under Ayushman Bharat Scheme
Doctors perform open heart surgery on a 50-year-old man from Manipur under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The operation was performed on Saturday. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Agra district, Mukesh...
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Open Heart Surgery Outperforms Stents in Multivessel Disease Patients
CABG (Coronary artery bypass grafting) surgery may be the best treatment choice for patients with over one blocked heart artery, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the...
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Being Discharged Three Days After an Open Heart Surgery is Safe
Patients who undergo open-heart surgery and go home three days later are not at increased risk for complications. "We have shown that long hospital stays after heart surgery are no longer necessary,...
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Open Heart Surgery may be Best Option for Young Adults, Says Study
In young and middle-aged adults with aortic valve disease, open heart surgery resulted in excellent patient survival and fewer strokes when compared to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR),...
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Women Undergo Less Aggressive Open Heart Surgery
A new study has revealed that women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches. This may result in worse outcomes...
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