Extra 'STICH' in bypass adds no benefit to quality of life
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
A surgical procedure to resize an enlarged, weakened heart muscle during coronary bypass surgery for heart failure adds cost and risk but doesn't offer patients any additional benefit when compared with those who received bypass procedure alone, according to researchers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)...
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