Recent research suggests diabetes should be among the many factors considered when deciding which procedure is best for you.

Several criteria must be considered in deciding whether your blocked coronary arteries are treated with bypass surgery or with stents. The size and location of the blockages are perhaps the greatest determining factors, but a recent study suggests that age and diabetes should be part of the equation, too. A study of more than 8,000 heart patients, published in the March 19 issue of The Lancet, found that those patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who were 65 and older or who were diabetic fared better

In a coronary artery bypass graft, a blood vessel from another part of the body is grafted onto the aorta and to a point on a blocked artery, just below the blockage, to improve blood flow to the heart muscle.

after bypass surgery than stenting. …

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