Drugs as effective as stents in nonemergency cases

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 08/13/2008 - 23:45

People with chronic chest pain who are not in big danger of a heart attack now may have even less reason to rush into an artery-opening angioplasty: There's more evidence drugs should be tried first and often are just as effective.


 

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