Heart surgery is getting better
1st Dec 2005, 03:28 GMT
Heart surgens have recieved report of a 90% drop in emergency bypass surgeries on angioplast patients. Dr. Singh believes this drop is due to the use of stents to open blocked coronary arteries. The emergency procedure is done only when a patient life is threatened during an angioplast procedure. 25 years of data has been analyzed on angioplast surgery, and the drop in emergency surgery is even more amazing because surgens have been operating on very high risk patients. Advancement in medicine and technology during the surgeries also play a part in this dramatic drop. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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