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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery may be a better treatment option than percutaneous coronary intervention for most patients with more than one blocked heart artery

Open Heart Surgery Beats Stents for Multivessel Disease

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Findings reinforce need for team approach to treatment decisions for heart conditions
There is no difference in the rate of death from any cause at 10 years for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with bilateral or single internal-thoracic-artery grafting

Death at 10 Years Similar With Bilateral-, Single-Artery CABG

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No difference seen in rate of death from any cause at 10 years in intention-to-treat analysis
For patients with diabetes mellitus with multivessel coronary disease

AHA: Lasting Benefit for CABG in Diabetes, Multivessel Disease

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Lower all-cause mortality in CABG group versus PCI-DES group after median follow-up of 7.5 years
Mandatory reporting of cardiac surgery outcomes for coronary artery bypass grafting in Massachusetts from 2002 to 2014 was associated with improved outcomes

Improved Outcomes With Public Reporting of CABG Data

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Decrease in observed and expected mortality rates, risk factor rates from 2002 to 2014 in Massachusetts
For patients post coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Lower Thromboembolic Risk With New A-Fib After CABG Versus NVAF

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Thromboembolic risk lower for postoperative atrial fibrillation s/p CABG versus nonvalvular a-fib
Clinical practice guidelines for anticoagulation therapy for cardiopulmonary bypass have been developed and were published in the February issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Anticoagulation Guidance Issued for Cardiopulmonary Bypass

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Recommendations for heparin dosing and monitoring, contraindications and alternatives, reversal
In patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease

CABG May Be Best Method to Revascularize in Diabetes

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Cardiac, cerebrovascular events lower in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
For patients with type 1 diabetes undergoing a first multivessel revascularization

CABG May Be Best for Multivessel Revascularization in T1DM

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Increased risks of coronary heart disease mortality, MI, repeat revascularization with PCI
Five years after coronary-artery bypass grafting surgery

On-Pump CABG Leads to Higher Rates of Five-Year Survival

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Study compared coronary-artery bypass grafting surgery, with/without cardiopulmonary bypass
Acetylsalicylic acid hyporesponsiveness after coronary artery bypass graft surgery can be overcome by multiple dosing

Multiple Dosing Mitigates ASA Hyporesponsiveness After CABG

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Multiple dosing more effective than ASA 81 or 325 mg once-daily for suppressing serum TXB2 formation