December 3rd, 2013
Stents Lose in Comparisons with Surgery and Medical Therapy
Larry Husten, PHD
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 meta-analyses published in JAMA Internal Medicine provide new evidence that the alternatives to PCI […]
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