2011- 5/10 GAP STILL EXISTS DRUG THERAPY PRESC HEART PATIENTS BEFORE/AFTER ANGIOPLASTY OR STENTING

Procedures involving coronary artery angioplasty or stenting known as P-C-I's, are becoming increasingly more common for treating blockages in the heart. Recent studies have shown patients with stable heart disease who are taking optimal drug therapy didn't receive any additional benefit from this procedure in terms of living longer or preventing heart attack. A new study finds there is still a gap in the number of heart patients receiving medical therapy both before and after their P-C-I procedures. Catherine Dolf has more in this week's JAMA Report.

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Tags:

• GAP
• STILL
• EXISTS
• IN
• DRUG
• THERAPY
• PRESCRIBED
• TO
• HEART
• PATIENTS
• BEFORE
• AND
• AFTER
• ANGIOPLASTY
• OR
• STENTING