Surgery does not deal with the basic molecular foundation of disease. It is a mechanical approach to a biologic problem. For those of us who are considered...Surgery does not deal with the basic molecular foundation of disease. It is a mechanical approach to a biologic problem. For those of us who are considered experts in the areas of coronary disease, what an embarrassment to admit that coronary artery disea
to occlusion interventional procedures artery plaque cardiology CABG drugs surgery systemic trials epidemiology symptomatic syndrome bypass disease palliative medicine studies atherosclerosis PCI cardiovascular therapies coronary cure cardiologists research by avivagabriel on Jul 15, 2007, 9:21 PMThe morbidity, mortality, expense and transient benefits of a high technology approach toward the coronary disease epidemic, has failed. It is time to real...The morbidity, mortality, expense and transient benefits of a high technology approach toward the coronary disease epidemic, has failed. It is time to realize that the answer to a faulty lifestyle epidemic is not drugs and technology – it is lifestyle.
to coronary studies artery symptomatic cardiologists procedures interventional diagnosis medicine syndrome systemic palliative trials surgery CABG cardiovascular PCI cure cardiology occlusion research plaque atherosclerosis drugs disease bypass therapies by avivagabriel on Jul 15, 2007, 9:19 PMAn unreasonable gap exists between medical enthusiasm devoted to acute interventions and meager efforts devoted to secondary prevention. Rene C. Favaloro, ...An unreasonable gap exists between medical enthusiasm devoted to acute interventions and meager efforts devoted to secondary prevention. Rene C. Favaloro, MD, Pioneer of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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Martin B. Leon, MD, violated academic ethics of the highest order by leaking results of the COURAGE trial prematurely, denigrating its design, discrediting...Martin B. Leon, MD, violated academic ethics of the highest order by leaking results of the COURAGE trial prematurely, denigrating its design, discrediting its results, to protect pocketbooks of interventional cardiologists and stent industry. Sanctions
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