Delaying noncardiac surgeries for three to six months following a heart attack appears safer for those who undergo r ...

Adverse events affect more than a third (38%) of adults undergoing surgery, finds a study of admissions to 11 hospitals in ...

He has a history of a recent myocardial infarction (MI) that was treated with a stent 3 ... Other triggers for the ...

A new study by a team of 12 thoracic surgeons at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), published recently in the ...

A heart attack can trigger a desire to get more sleep, allowing the heart to heal and reduce inflammation-;and this happens because the heart sends special signals to the brain, according to a new ...

A deep dive into the Medicare database of 5.2 million surgeries from 2017 to 2020 for patients 67 and older suggests delaying surgery for three to six months following a heart attack, known as a ...

Cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction is one of the key factors affecting patient prognosis. Myocardial fibrosis is an important pathological link of adverse ventricular remodeling after ...

Objective: This study aims to explore the association between risk stratification and total occlusion (TO) of the culprit artery and multivessel disease (MVD) in patients with non-ST-segment-elevation ...

Mohs surgery is a highly specialized technique for treating skin cancer. Johns Hopkins dermatologic surgeon Elise Ng, M.D., explains the procedure. Mohs surgery is a precise and effective surgical ...

CAD indicates coronary artery disease; CONSORT, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; MI, myocardial infarction; and PCI ... previous coronary artery surgery or PCI; significant valve disease or ...