New Insights Into Surgery Versus Stents For Diabetics With Multivessel Disease

Last year the large NHLBI FREEDOM trial demonstrated that bypass surgery was superior to PCI when treating diabetic patients who have multivessel coronary disease. CABG resulted in significant reductions in death and MI, but this was offset slightly by a higher rate of stroke in the CABG group. Now a new report from FREEDOM published in JAMA suggests that…

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AHA Urges More Education And Support For ICD Patients

Despite, and perhaps sometimes because of, their life-saving benefits, ICDs are associated with a host of complex psychosocial problems, but clinicians and caregivers receive little training to deal with these problems. In response to these concerns, the American Heart Association (AHA) has published a scientific statement in Circulation to provide a “comprehensive review of what is and…

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