Bypass surgery compared to angioplasty
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
A new study compares the safety and efficacy of heart bypass surgery to angioplasty with drug-eluting stents in patients with left main coronary artery disease, a diagnosis affecting thousands of individuals. Drug-eluting stents are treated with a medication that helps keep the artery from reclosing.