Bypass May Beat Angioplasty for Diabetics With Heart Disease

By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — Generally, the less invasive a surgical procedure is, the better. But, that’s not necessarily true for people with diabetes.

Recent research has found lower death rates and fewer heart attacks in people with diabetes who’ve undergone the open-heart procedure known as a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), compared to those who had the less-invasive coronary angioplasty with stents. Angioplasty is also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Now a new study of the same group of patients reports that they also have a better quality of life after the more-invasive bypass procedure.

“Recovery and early quality of life was better immediately with PCI, which is not surprising given the much less invasive nature of that procedure. But, between six months and two years, there was less

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