BU Now » bypass surgery http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 For diabetics with heart disease, meds are as good as bypass surgery http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/09/for-diabetics-with-heart-disease-meds-are-as-good-as-bypass-surgery/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/09/for-diabetics-with-heart-disease-meds-are-as-good-as-bypass-surgery/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:10:12 +0000 Ron Rosenberg http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=970 Alice Jacobs, MD, Director of Boston Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and professor of clinical cardiology, can discuss the results of a five year study, that showed no difference in mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes and stable heart disease who received angioplasty or bypass surgery compared to drug therapy alone. The landmark study was published in the June 11 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Contact Alice Jacobs, MD, 617-638-8707, akjacobs@bu. edu

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