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Heart Bypass Surgery
- Latest News
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
- Clinical Trials
- Research
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
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- Organizations
- Statistics
Latest News
- Latest News
- Bypass More Effective than Stents (05/26/2005, United Press International)
- Ability to Afford Health Care May Affect Angioplasty Outcome, But Not Bypass Surgery (05/09/2005, American Heart Association)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Heart Attack: Special Procedures (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Bypass Surgery: New Pathways for Blocked Arteries (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Computer Imaging / Tomography (American Heart Association)
- Coronary Angiogram and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - What You Need to Know about Your Angiography Test (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Beating Heart Bypass Surgery
(slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program - Coronary Artery Bypass Procedure (slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program
- Off -Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program
Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Cardiac Rehab: Healing Mind and Body (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Recovery After Heart Surgery (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Angioplasty Versus Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- JAMA Patient Page: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (American Medical Association)
- Latest Technology: Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery (American Heart Association)
- Open Heart Surgery - What to Expect (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Effect of Heart Surgery on Neurological Function (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Facing Cardiac Surgery? Ask Your Doctor about Vitamins and Supplements (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- What Happens After Heart Surgery?
(American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Angioplasty (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Coronary Artery Bypass (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Bypass (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Not a Risk Factor for Dementia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- FDA Clears Robotic-Like Device for Heart Surgery (Food and Drug Administration)
- Surgery or Angioplasty? New Scale Helps Physicians Choose Best Heart Treatment (American Heart Association)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Heart Association
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Statistics
- Statistics
- Angioplasty and Cardiac Revascularization Treatments and Statistics (American Heart Association)
- Open-Heart Surgery Statistics (American Heart Association)