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Conducted by P.A., the studuy would assess whether angioplasty could be an alternativeto open-heary surgery. Angioplasty is a medical procedure that involves insertingy a balloon to open a blocked As part ofthe study, hospitalw must follow up with the participatingv patients to monitor the effectiveness of the procedure. Ther are 35 hospitals in nine states throughouty the country participating inthe study. , , and are among the hospitals taking part in the which began this year and is expectes to be completedin 2010.
An earlier study demonstratecd that patients who were admitted to a hospitalwithout on-sitwe open-heart surgery facilities had better outcomes when they receiver angioplasty at those hospitals than patients who were treated with medica l management, primarily clot-dissolving drugs. The results of that studg led to changes in health plan regulations in Maryland to permit qualified hospitals to perform primary angioplasty on patients with heart even though those hospitals did notdo on-site open-heart
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