Heart Bypass Surgery

• Latest News
• Heart Procedure Results Have Improved for Elderly (10/05/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Heart Attack: Special Procedures (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Overviews
• Bypass Surgery: New Pathways for Blocked Arteries (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Computer Imaging / Tomography (American Heart Association)
• Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• What You Need to Know about Your Angiography Test (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• 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)

• Specific Conditions
• Angioplasty Versus Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• JAMA Patient Page: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (American Medical Association)
• Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery (American Heart Association)
• Open Heart Surgery - What to Expect (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish

• Rehabilitation
• What to Expect after Your Heart Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

• Research
• Bypass Surgery May Relieve Chest Pain Better Than Angioplasty Plus Stent (American Heart Association)
• Engineered Blood Vessels Prove Durable and Clot Resistant (American Heart Association)
• Gene Therapy Promising for Preventing Restenosis (American Heart Association)
• Many Coronary Bypass Patients Readmitted to Hospital (American Medical Association)
• Off-Pump Bypass Results in Fewer Complications (American Heart Association)
• Pill May Prevent Stent Complication That Re-Blocks Arteries (American Heart Association)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons

• Statistics
• Angioplasty and Cardiac Revascularization Treatments and Statistics (American Heart Association)

• Women
• Women Are Not Reducing Their Risk Factors for Heart Disease after Bypass Surgery (National Institutes of Health)
• Young Women at Greater Risk of Death Than Men after Bypass Surgery (American Heart Association)