Balloons, lasers and scrapers: help for hearts and blood vessels.

From: FDA Consumer | Date: April 1, 1991| Author: Farley, Dixie | Copyright information

From tiny balloons to lasers and motorized drills and scrapers, a growing array of tools for unclogging arteries-mainly in the heart and legs-helps physicians to increasingly individualize patient care. Yet unknown, however, is how much this will change the course of heart and blood vessel disease, which claims nearly a million lives each year.

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