Researchers at the NIH and Emory School of Medicine have completed the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass of the ...

Thumbay University Hospital has achieved a major clinical milestone with the successful completion of its first Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery, marking the beginning of advanced ...

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

The results of the first human trial examining a new weight loss procedure called gastric mucosal ablation were released Thursday, and the non-surgical procedure caused minimal side effects with a ...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed ...

A team of investigators have performed the first closed-chest percutaneous bypass procedure in a 67-year-old man who required a new transcatheter valve due to severe degeneration of an existing aortic ...

People with several clogged heart arteries fared better if they had bypass surgery rather than a less-drastic procedure in which the blood vessels are propped open with tiny mesh cylinders called ...

Gastric bypass patients had a lower rate of major adverse cardiac events than sleeve gastrectomy patients over 5 years. This was driven by a 40% risk reduction for myocardial infarction among gastric ...

Compared with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), a de-escalated DAPT strategy resulted in similar graft occlusion rates and reduced clinically relevant bleeding in patients who underwent coronary ...

What Is a Bariatric Surgeon? A bariatric surgeon is a doctor who performs gastric bypass and other types of surgeries that help you lose weight. They’re sometimes called metabolic surgeons. Your ...