More than 1.3 million Americans now undergo angioplasty every year, compared with 448,000 who undergo bypass, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

Because of soaring rates of coronary artery disease, Americans now average nearly 250,000 bypass surgeries and more than 660,000 angioplasty procedures annually, totaling more than $100 billion in ...

Study Details Baseline patient characteristics were similar between the 2 groups. However, those who had bypass tended to be younger (mean age 63 years vs. 69 years; P < 0.01) and to have congestive ...

Nine percent of patients in the angioplasty group experienced ischemia-driven TVR after two years, compared to 4.2 percent in the bypass group.

Bypass operations, angioplasty and the placement of artery-opening stents: For decades, millions of Americans have undergone these expensive, invasive procedures to help treat clogged vessels.

Death rates were similar one year after either treatment. But after four years, nearly 21 percent of the angioplasty patients had died versus about 16 percent of those who had bypass surgery.

COIMBATORE: A team of doctors from Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has performed Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) ...

However, in the short-term, coronary bypass is better than angioplasty at relieving chest pain and preventing the need for a repeat procedure. On the other hand, the risk of a stroke related to ...

Operative Details of Infrainguinal Bypass and Intraoperative Outflow Angioplasty: Second Group Table 3. Events Table 4. Cumulative Limb Salvage Life Table Analysis (Combined Infrainguinal Procedures) ...

When life-threatening problems occur during angioplasty procedures, doctors may perform emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but data from the Mayo Clinic indicates that need to send ...

The bypass graft occluded in three other patients during the follow-up period. All three kept patent their proximal angioplasty: the superficial femoral artery in two cases and the supragenicular ...