Better Heart Surgery Results After Angioplasty
For at least a third of all people undergoing angioplasty, keeping an artery open for more than six months after the procedure is like trying to hold back the sea — nearly impossible. But researchers at the Scripps Institute, CA, are overcoming these odds. They’ve found that exposing arteries to a radioactive substance for as little as 18 minutes during angioplasty may be the secret to slowing or stopping this renarrowing.