Aug. 31 -- FRIDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The latest results from the longest-running study yet confirm that surgery is better than artery-opening angioplasty in preventing strokes caused by ...

Within eight months, Marjorie McLaren, 62, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, underwent two cardiac catheterizations. Last May, she had emergency angioplasty at a local hospital. Then, in January, she had an ...

For diabetics, heart drugs may be just as effective as bypass surgery or stents. NEW ORLEANS, June 8, 2009— -- Cardiac bypass surgery, angioplasty and stents were no better than standard drugs ...

When life-threatening problems occur during angioplasty procedures, doctors may perform emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but data from the Mayo Clinic indicates that need to send ...

While hospitals without emergency heart surgery backup and those with this service may have similar quality outcomes for elective angioplasties, hospitals without surgery backup have higher costs, ...

Coronary artery bypass surgery is more effective at extending the lives of patients with severe coronary artery disease than either angioplasty or heart medications, Duke University researchers report ...

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Short-term elective angioplasty and stenting is similarly safe at experienced surgical centers, whether or not they have onsite cardiac surgery backup, according to a MedPage Today report. Six-week ...

MUNICH, Germany — For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery and an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? In research ...

LOS ANGELES - Angioplasty to clear blocked arteries costs more at hospitals not equipped for emergency heart surgery, according to a study presented on Sunday at the American Heart Association ...