http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Prehospital use of antiplatelet therapy, either aspirin/clopidogrel or dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), is associated with a lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events after saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention, according to research published in the Jan. 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prehospital-antiplatelets-graft-intervention-outcomes.html Cardiology Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:20:05 EST news278599665 Smoking cessation even a year prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery does not fully normalize the changes smoking has made to the saphenous (leg) veins used for the surgery and may lead to later graft failure, according to a study published in the January 2013 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-affects-heart-surgery-outcome-year.html Health Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:05:57 EST news276347134 Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have shown that combining distal protection devices with the prophylactic use of the drug nicardipine is more effective at preventing life-threatening complications following a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (angioplasty, stenting) on patients who have undergone previous bypass surgery than distal protection devices alone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-safety-angioplasty-patients-coronary-bypass.html Cardiology Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:31 EST news270115762 The first three patients to undergo an investigational surgical procedure for peripheral vascular disease that involves the patient's own stem cells continue to do well, reports the University of Louisville surgeon who is the principal investigator. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-university-louisville-surgeons-prosthetic-bypass.html Medical research Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:38:58 EST news227540311