The researchers are now focusing on the influence of specific risk factors, such as smoking, on life expectancy after CABG surgery.

Fourth, the majority of adverse events (15 out of 24 [62.5%]) occurred among patients who underwent noncardiac surgery within 90 days after CABG. In studies of patients undergoing noncardiac ...

This can be done with angioplasty (possibly including stent placement) or with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), also called open-heart surgery. An angioplasty involves threading a wire to ...

Patients who have undergone CABG surgery are at particularly high risk of atherosclerosis progression, yet these individuals tend not to receive adequate lipid-lowering therapy. Shah et al.

Risk factors and outcomes are poorly described for those undergoing noncardiac surgery within 1 year after CABG. Our objectives were to assess the risk and predictors of major adverse events ...