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Article: Latest on balloon angioplasty as an alternative to coronary bypass surgery. (includes related articles)
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- March 1, 1988
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LATEST ON BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY
The latest release of statistics on balloon angioplasty show increased success rates for this treatment for constricted arteries, which has long been viewed as a less risky, less expensive, (*2) and possibly more effective alternative to coronary artery bypass surgery (see HEALTHFACTS December 1986). The most recent analysis of statistics from a registry sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides information on a broader range of patients with more serious evidence of heart disease than the earliest cases entered when the registry began in 1977 (New England Journal ...