Drugs as good as stents for many heart patients
People with chronic chest pain who are not in big danger of a heart attack now may have even less reason to rush into an artery-opening angioplasty: There’s more evidence drugs should be tried first and often are just as effective.
The slim early advantage for angioplasty at relieving pain in these non-emergency cases starts to fade within six months and vanishes after three years, according to a new report from a landmark heart study. [Read more...]
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