A team of McMaster researchers has discovered that fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A team of McMaster researchers has ...

September 8, 2011 (Paris, France) — The right internal thoracic artery (RITA) is a better vessel to use than the radial artery (RA) for multiple arterial revascularizations during coronary artery ...

To the Editor: In an interim analysis of the Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART) at 5 years (Dec. 29 issue), 1 Taggart et al. found no significant differences in clinical outcomes between patients ...

Patient survival after CABG with bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafting is partially dependent on the proportion of myocardial mass supplied by the selected target vessels, according to a ...

In performing open arch replacement, surgeons at our center and others currently prefer to reattach the individual brachiocephalic branches separately, rather than reattaching a single island of ...

Radiologists have developed a new technique for capturing images of chest veins that eases diagnosis of venous diseases. Multi-detector computed tomography (CT) scanners are traditionally used to ...

Background A 24-year-old man presented with previously diagnosed Marfan's syndrome. Since the age of 9 years, he had undergone eight cardiovascular procedures to treat rapidly progressive aneurysms, ...

Zack Wheeler has been diagnosed with venous thoracic outlet syndrome, with thoracic outlet decompression surgery recommended, the Phillies announced on Saturday afternoon. The Phillies added that the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Everyone may want to pay attention to their posture while using a cell phone or computer. A potentially painful syndrome is now linked to 'tech neck.' A person’s phone is not the ...

Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler has venous thoracic outlet syndrome that was diagnosed after he had a blood clot removed from his right pitching shoulder last week, according to an update from ...

A team of McMaster researchers has discovered that fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A study led by Yu-Jing Gao, of the ...