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Dartmouth Medical School
Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures
April 10th, 2005
Although the type and intensity of treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) varies widely across the country, elderly patients who receive intensive medical treatment may have comparable survival as those who undergo invasive cardiac procedures (such as angioplasty and bypass surgery), according to a new study. More than 280,000 Medicare enrollees are admitted to hospitals with AMI annually. "These patients face a high risk of short-term death: 18% die within 30 days of admission," the authors wrote. "Much of the effort to reduce this high mortality rate has focused on invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions." The authors continued, "Noninvasive,...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2005-04-10)
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