“off-pump” bypass surgery has not reduced the incidence of cognitive impairment. The theory that has the most traction today is that the manipulation of the heart and aorta can generate ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your ... and they branch off from the body’s main artery, the aorta, which carries oxygenated blood throughout the body.

Extra-anatomic ascending aorta-descending aorta bypass grafting through a sternotomy is an alternative approach for this problem. METHODS: Since 1985, 19 patients aged 2 months to 18 years (mean ...

In this approach, surgery is performed to repair the section of the aorta that has an aneurysm. To reach the aneurysm, the surgeon makes a cut through the abdomen or the side of the patient. He ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for open heart surgeries to almost P1 million and also launched a new benefit package for heart valve repair and ...