Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of switching to an insulin pump rather than continuing with multiple daily injections? A: Insulin pumps are ...

New Orleans, LA - A new study of off-pump vs on-pump CABG in a "real-life" setting has shown a nonsignificant trend in favor of the off-pump technique, attendees at the late-breaking trials session ...

As time goes by, patients treated with off-pump CABG surgery have higher mortality, less complete revascularization, and more need for repeat revascularization in the ensuing years than those treated ...

November 4, 2009 (Northport, New York) — Off-pump CABG surgery showed no advantages over the conventional on-pump approach in a large randomized trial conducted at Veterans Affairs hospitals [1]. The ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The best bypass surgery choice may be to use ...