That is, in patients who have so-called, three-vessel disease and decreased heart function, known as depressed systolic function, bypass surgery is deemed to be superior long-term.

Dr. Freeman says one of the reasons why South Nassau and other hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery have success with angioplasty and PCI is technological advancements over the years — from ...

Researchers studied billing data from 18,273 patients treated in 59 hospitals in 10 states. Nine months after treatment, the average cumulative medical costs for hospitals with surgery backup were ...

Serruys and colleagues [1] indicate the answer may be yes, in the April 12, 2001, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Their answer is based on the study of 1205 patients who were ...