Death rates same for diabetes and heart disease patients receiving drug therapy or surgery
Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 16:49
in Health & Medicine
NEW ORLEANS, June 7 -- There is no difference in mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes and stable heart disease who received prompt bypass surgery or angioplasty compared to drug therapy alone, according to a landmark study focused exclusively on patients with both conditions.
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