Drugs as good as stents for many heart patients

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 05:43

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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