Stroke is one of the most devastating complications after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, entailing permanent disability, a 3–6 fold increased risk of mortality, an incremental hospital resource consumption and a longer length of hospital stay. Notwithstanding advances in surgical, anaesthetic and medical management across the last 10 years, the risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) has not significantly declined,...
Monday, 29 September 2014
Sunday, 21 September 2014
FFR-Guided PCI Using Contemporary Drug-Eluting
Fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided drug-eluting stenting reduces death, myocardial infarction or urgent revascularisation, as compared to medical therapy in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), according to the results of the FAME 2 trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology’s (ESC) Congress. Whilst percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been performed for more than 30 years, its benefits in terms of 'hard endpoints'...
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Cardiology Stem Cell Therapy Offers Cardiac Repair
Cardiology stem cell therapy offers great hope and is the topic of much discussion. Currently, basic research scientists and clinicians worldwide are investigating human embryonic cardiac stem cells, skeletal stem cells (myoblasts), adult bone marrow stem cells, cardiology stem cells and human umbilical cord stem cells for...
Thursday, 4 September 2014
How heart stents (and their relatives) have gone from strength to strength
Heart stents have come a long way since doctors first started using balloon angioplasty to treat narrowed coronary arteries. During this procedure, a very thin, long, balloon-tipped tube (catheter), is inserted into an artery in either the groin or arm and is moved to the site of the blockage with help from an X-ray. The balloon at the tip of the catheter is then inflated to compress the blockage and restore blood flow, and is then deflated to...
Monday, 1 September 2014
Is CABG getting safer?
Stroke is one of the most devastating complications after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, entailing permanent disability, a 3–6 fold increased risk of mortality, an incremental hospital resource consumption and a longer length of hospital stay. Notwithstanding advances in surgical, anaesthetic and medical management across the last 10 years, the risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass graft(CABG) has not significantly declined,...
