Routine invasive procedures — stents or bypass surgeries — when added to medical therapy and lifestyle changes fail to reduce major adverse cardiac events. It found no reduction in heart attacks or cardiovascular deaths among patients who had received coronary stents or bypass procedures compared with those treated only with medicines. The results imply that routine invasive procedures — stents or bypass surgeries — when added to medical therapy and lifestyle changes fail to reduce major adverse cardiac events. For these patients, they said, a stent or a bypass may be a life-saving procedure. The difference was not statistically meaningful to rate invasive procedures as better than medications.

Source: The Telegraph November 17, 2019 23:03 UTC