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Has COURAGE been vindicated?
The ACC, the AHA, and a whole alphabet soup worth of other cardiovascular organizations (SCAI, STS, AATS, ASNC, ASE, HFSA SCCT) have published (or in some cases just endorsed) a report, called the...
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ASCERT Observational Study Finds Long Term Advantage for CABG Over PCI in...
A very large observational study finds that long-term mortality in high risk patients is lower after bypass surgery than after PCI. The results, which were previously revealed in January at the annual...
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No Benefit Found For Exercise Echocardiography In Asymptomatic Patients...
Routine exercise echocardiography in asymptomatic patients after revascularization does not lead to better outcomes, according to a new study published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Although...
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FREEDOM Lends Strong Support To CABG For Diabetics With Multivessel Disease
Editor’s note: The embargo on FREEDOM was lifted early after a press release was published by mistake.) Diabetics with multivessel disease do better with CABG than PCI, according to FREEDOM (Future...
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CABG Highly Cost Effective In Diabetics With Multivessel Disease
In November the main results of the FREEDOM trial showed that diabetics with multivessel disease do better with CABG than PCI. Now the findings of the trial’s cost-effectiveness study, published online...
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Two Trials Explore On-Pump Versus Off-Pump Bypass Surgery
Two large trials presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in San Francisco and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine provide important new information about the...
View ArticleOff-Pump CABG Raises Long-Term Mortality Risk
–Significant risk over on-pump grafting found at 5 years in ROOBY trial. It seemed like a great idea. Perform coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) without stopping the heart and you can prevent the...
View ArticleWhat If PCI Is Just A Sham?
–A small study might upset assumptions about the benefits of stent. What if PCI for stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) is just a big lie? That is, what if it’s no better than a sham procedure? This...
View ArticleMore Controversy Over Major Cardiology Clinical Trial
Think about this: A new article reports that a major NIH-funded trial runs into trouble. The article raises all sorts of fundamental questions about our ability to perform meaningful clinical research....
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