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Angioplasty PTCA Home Page
www.ptca.org/ reviews
Extensive resources for interventional cardiologists and patients alike, discussion forum, list of meetings worldwide, extensive historical information, interviews with pioneering cardiologists and industry leaders.
www.ptca.org/ reviewsClinical Alert: Bypass Over Angioplasty for Patients With Diabetes www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/bypass_diabetes.html reviews
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that, as a first revascularization procedure, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been shown to have a markedly lower 5-year death rate than angioplasty for persons with diabetes mellitus (Type I or II) who are on oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.
www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/bypass_diabetes.html reviewsInteresting Cases - Radial Force www.radialforce.org/casesindex.htm reviews
Descriptions of cases featuring the use of angioplasty as treatment.
www.radialforce.org/casesindex.htm reviews