Clinicians should approach decisions regarding coronary revascularization based on clinical indications without an eye toward sex, race, or ethnicity, advises a joint clinical practice guideline ...

Nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the coronary arteries have a plaque buildup but remain unblocked. Experts usually view it as less severe than obstructive CAD. However, ...

People who have heart artery-opening procedures, called coronary artery revascularization, experience similar outcomes regardless of gender or race, thus the use of invasive heart procedures should ...

(UPDATED) Downgrading the level of evidence for CABG in multivessel CAD is their primary reason for not supporting new revascularization guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American ...

"The safety of PCI or CABG in those with mild renal impairment is an important issue, because many patients with diabetes and multivessel disease will have mild renal dysfunction." — Michael E.

Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who delay seeking care for more than 12 hours still derive significant benefit from coronary revascularization of the infarct artery, ...

The prevalence of heart failure is increasing in Western society and represents an important public health problem. Deciding whether surgical (revascularization) or nonsurgical treatment of heart ...

"For our patients with stable coronary artery disease on medical therapy, this means that 1 in 5 will realize a survival benefit about 5.5 years after revascularization and 1 in 4 will avoid a ...