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Stay out of hospital or reduce risk of heart event? Treatment decision gets more complex
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Stay out of hospital or reduce risk of heart event? Treatment decision gets more complex
Wednesday 9 June 2021, 01:40 AM

Auckland cardiologist Harvey White says there is a trade-off for patients in invasive versus conservative treatment
Researchers have found invasive or conservative treatment makes little difference to certain heart patients’ key outcomes after four years.
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References
White HD, O’Brien SM, Alexander MD, et al. Comparison of days alive out of hospital with invasive vs conservative management, a prespecified analysis of the ISCHEMIA trial. JAMA Cardiol 2021 May 3; e211651.