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Survival rates for women undergoing coronary angioplasty to clear blocked heart vessels are declining, while those for men remain fairly stable according to an American study (JAMA, 28 April 1993) ...
Angioplasty, fast becoming the operation of choice for those with a heart condition, is probably no more effective than the bypass surgery it is superceding. ...
Angioplasty, the "miracle" heart operation, has taken another knock. ...
Patients who have a coronary bypass will probably enjoy a better quality of life afterwards compared to those who have angioplasty provided they survive the trauma of surgery. ...
Up to one-third of all coronary bypass surgery may be unnecessary, and could even be hastening the death of the patient. ...
Lowering cholesterol levels before a patient has a balloon angioplasty operation does not stop or delay the veins closing up again. ...
Angioplasty the surgical technique for unblocking arteries is not quite the modern wonder of the medical world it has been claimed to be. ...
This so called miracle preventative for heart attacks usually isn't necessary. When it is, the effects don't last. The number of deaths from heart disease reads like a terrifying roll call of modern times: in 1989, 1 million people died of heart...
If you suffer a mild heart attack, your chances of survival are better if the hospital does not immediately operate but instead adopts conservative management of the condition. ...
