Source: DGNews  |  Posted 9 years ago

By Ed Susman
Special to DG News

BERLIN, GERMANY -- September 3, 2002 -- Researchers said one-year results of a study comparing interventional and medical approaches to treating elderly chronic angina patients suggests that angiography and then, if indicated, angioplasty or bypass surgery is a better route to follow.

"Our study shows that the early risk of mortality in the intervention group is worth it," said Dr. Matthias Pfisterer, professor of cardiology at University Hospital, in Basel, Switzerland. "We don