Background: Postoperative coagulation dysfunction is one of the common complications after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), especially in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to ...

Background: Whether the preoperative anemia affects the prognosis and the therapeutic choice between coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or medical therapy alone in patients with ischemic ...

Black vs White patients are less likely to receive coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States, despite recent improvements in disparities.

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery-with women far more likely to develop one, ...

The Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for open heart surgeries to almost P1 million and also ...

[1 ] Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. [2 ] GI Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Center (GCSPRC), ...

With no government subsidy for the state health insurer this year, health reform advocate Tony Leachon has filed a petition ...

Talking to your doctor about pain management before surgery could make opioid addiction less likely, as a new study says that ...

Skipping just one night of sleep causes healthy adults to see a spike in immune cells linked to chronic inflammation, a key ...

Diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) is associated with lower probability of incident cardiovascular events than type 2 (DM ...

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Patients who receive pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) after cardiac surgery have significantly reduced risk for 1-year mortality.