Stents Lose In Comparisons With Surgery And Medical Therapy

Despite the enormous increase in the use of stents in recent decades, there is little or no good evidence comparing their use to the alternatives of CABG surgery or optimal medical therapy in patients also eligible for these strategies. Now two new meta-analyses published in JAMA Internal Medicine provide new evidence that the alternatives to PCI remain attractive and that some of the growth in PCI may have been unwarranted. … Click here to read the full post on Forbes.  

Source: CardioBrief - December 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Larry Husten Tags: Interventional Cardiology & Surgery Policy & Ethics Boston Scientific CABG Coronary artery bypass surgery coronary artery disease European Society of Cardiology Medtronic myocardial infarction Percutaneous coronary intervention stents Source Type: blogs