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- Relationship to Diabetes
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People with diabetes who undergo bypass surgery to open clogged heart arteries may live longer than their counterparts who chose angioplasty, a new study shows.
During angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a blocked heart artery to widen it and boost blood flow. Often a stent is inserted into the heart artery during the procedure to help keep the artery open.
Surgeons perform bypass surgery by taking a healthy blood vessel from inside the chest wall or the lower leg and reattaching it above and below the blocked heart artery. This also improves blood flow by allowing blood to bypass the blockage.
Researchers compared the five-year survival rates among more than 105,000 people aged 66 or older with heart disease who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery involving multiple heart arteries or angioplasty to open multiple blocked heart arteries. Of these, 33% also had diabetes.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/...ss-beats-angioplasty-for-people-with-diabetes
During angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a blocked heart artery to widen it and boost blood flow. Often a stent is inserted into the heart artery during the procedure to help keep the artery open.
Surgeons perform bypass surgery by taking a healthy blood vessel from inside the chest wall or the lower leg and reattaching it above and below the blocked heart artery. This also improves blood flow by allowing blood to bypass the blockage.
Researchers compared the five-year survival rates among more than 105,000 people aged 66 or older with heart disease who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery involving multiple heart arteries or angioplasty to open multiple blocked heart arteries. Of these, 33% also had diabetes.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/...ss-beats-angioplasty-for-people-with-diabetes