Transmyocardial Revascularization in Refractory Angina.

From: Family Practice News | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: Moon, Mary Ann | Copyright information

Patients with refractory angina who underwent transmyocardial laser revascularization had markedly better rates of pain relief, fewer cardiac events, fewer cardiac-related hospitalizations, better exercise tolerance, and higher quality-of-life scores 1 year after surgery than did control patients who received medical therapy alone in a prospective study

Mortality did not differ between the two groups in the multicenter study, which involved 132 patients randomly assigned...

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