Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Numbers Drop 30% In 7 Years

The numbers of coronary artery bypass graft surgeries dropped by one-third between 2001 and 2008 in the USA, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). However, the number of balloon angioplasties insertions of stents used to open up narrow blood vessels remained pretty much the same - these procedures are known as PCI (percutaneous coronary interventions)...

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