Heart Bypass Surgery Better Than Angioplasty For Certain Patients, Study Shows

Results of a new study that involved data from almost 8,000 patients show that for patients suffering from multi-vessel coronary artery disease who have diabetes and for patients older than 65, coronary artery bypass graft may be a better treatment choice than percutaneous coronary intervention (commonly known as coronary angioplasty), the technique of using balloons or stents to widen obstructed blood vessels. In patients 55 years and younger, PCI may be the best choice.

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