A new method to assess which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery which would benefit more from angioplasty has been developed by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. Drawing on Medicare records of more than 100,000 patients with heart disease, the team demonstrated that the effectiveness of coronary bypass surgery varied widely based on each individual's characteristics. The data enabled them to predict which type of ...Monday, 22 April 2013
New Method to Assess Options for Heart-disease Surgery Developed
A new method to assess which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery which would benefit more from angioplasty has been developed by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. Drawing on Medicare records of more than 100,000 patients with heart disease, the team demonstrated that the effectiveness of coronary bypass surgery varied widely based on each individual's characteristics. The data enabled them to predict which type of ...
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