June 16, 2009 (Leipzig, Germany) — A small randomized study comparing minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery (MIDCAB) with PCI using sirolimus-eluting stents suggests that both approaches ...

Leipzig, Germany - Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery (MIDCAB) and PCI with stenting are both effective treatments for isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New 7-year data demonstrate similar long-term safety and effectiveness after PCI with sirolimus-eluting stents ...

In proximal lesions of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare-metal stents (BMS) yields equivalent outcomes compared with minimally invasive ...

Surgical treatment of isolated left anterior descending coronary artery disease can be performed with either minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass via a left anterior thoracotomy (MIDCAB) ...

Durdans Heart Centre successfully performed Re-do (re-operative) Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (Re-do CABG) on a cardiac patient who had gone through a bypass surgery 18 ...

The surgical procedure is performed on a beating heart, with no heart/lung machine, and only requires one small incision under the breast, as against the traditional full open chest surgery which ...

Mick Foster couldn't even go for a walk without worrying about another heart attack. "My life expectancy would probably have been early 50s," he said. By 40, Mick had already survived two heart ...

A Bengaluru-based hospital has performed a combined robot-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery (MIDCAB) and robotic radical prostatectomy in a single operative session.

Sasha Still, M.D., an assistant professor of the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was recently featured on UAB's MedCast Podcast. During the episode, Still discusses the unique procedure of ...

NEW YORK Mick Foster couldn't even go for a walk with his girlfriend without worrying about having another heart attack. "My life expectancy would probably have been early 50s," he said. By 40, Mick ...