Stents, Bypass Surgery Called Into Question By New Study | TODAY

Stents, Bypass Surgery Called Into Question By New Study | TODAY

Stents, Bypass Surgery Called Into Question By New Study | TODAY

A groundbreaking new study suggests that certain heart disease patients may not need invasive surgeries such as stents and bypasses. It could have an impact on millions of Americans. NBC’s Tom Costello reports on TODAY.
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Stents, Bypass Surgery Called Into Question By New Study | TODAY


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0.03 -> it's a major medical development
2.55 -> flipping the script on a long-standing
4.29 -> debate in cardiology the results of a
7.259 -> highly anticipated federal study
9.21 -> indicate lifestyle changes and
11.25 -> medication are just as effective as
13.889 -> common invasive heart procedures like
16.32 -> stents for patients with stable heart
18.869 -> disease we're talking about millions of
21.24 -> Americans that this could potentially
22.439 -> impact the study presented at the
25.019 -> American Heart Association's annual
26.58 -> meeting examined over 5,000 patients
29.34 -> across 37 countries its focus subjects
32.91 -> with ischemic heart disease or most
35.01 -> often those whose coronary arteries are
37.38 -> narrowed due to plaque buildup the trial
39.87 -> concluded that surgery is often
41.79 -> recommended when those patients complain
43.71 -> of chest pain and tightness during
45.51 -> exercise might not be so necessary after
48.57 -> all it's been thought that if you have
50.55 -> narrowings in your coronary arteries you
53.19 -> would do better if the narrowings were
55.5 -> opened or bypassed dr. Judith Hawkman
59.01 -> and her team led the way providing
60.93 -> patients with routine heart drugs like
63.09 -> statins and aspirin along with healthy
65.64 -> lifestyle suggestions while half had an
68.4 -> additional intervention like a stent or
70.409 -> bypass surgery and we found no added
73.71 -> benefit for an invasive strategy
77.009 -> researchers discovered that procedures
79.11 -> were just marginally more effective than
81.36 -> medications at reducing chest pain
83.759 -> during exercise and found little
85.89 -> difference between the groups in major
87.78 -> heart disease outcomes like heart
89.909 -> attacks some experts say the study could
92.939 -> be a turning point and help guide
95.189 -> conversations about treatment options
96.93 -> for millions of patients we need to add
100.35 -> that not all chest pain is equal if
102.75 -> you've never experienced it before or if
104.88 -> it doesn't go away within just a few
106.649 -> minutes you need to call 9-1-1 right
108.869 -> away
117.14 -> you

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