[DOC] [TLE] Cardiac Procedures and Surgeries - American Heart Association [PAR] Sep 16, 2016 ... This procedure is administered within a few (usually three) hours of a heart attack
. If this ... angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) later to ... 
Considered less invasive because the body is not cut open. .... Find Out More  
PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST National Health Council Standards of... [DOC] [TLE] The passion for procedures to fix ailing arteries and hearts may be ... [PAR] Initially they operated on stable patients with modest coronary artery disease. ... 
By 1977 cardiac surgeons were performing 100,000 bypass procedures per year; 
the ... The advent of angioplasty in the 1980s complicates the story. .... of patients 
receiving drug therapy merely as a first-line treatment, before getting stents,... [DOC] [TLE] Heart bypass surgery - minimally invasive: MedlinePlus Medical ... [PAR] Minimally invasive coronary (heart) artery bypass can be done without ... 
Surgeries or procedures that may be done instead of minimally invasive heart 
bypass are: ... For the 2-week period before surgery, you may be asked to stop 
taking drugs .... to verify that A.D.A.M. follows rigorous standards of quality and 
accountability. [DOC] [TLE] Study compares bypass surgery to angioplasty - Phys.org [PAR] Apr 13, 2010 ... Lee told him that while heart bypass is the gold standard in most of these cases, 
... A more minimally invasive procedure than surgery, angioplasty is performed by 
... with drug-eluting stents in patients with left main coronary artery disease, ... "
With the advent of more minimally invasive heart procedures, the... [DOC] [TLE] History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of invasive and interventional cardiology is complex, with multiple 
groups working ... The use of the Seldinger technique for visualizing the coronary 
arteries was ... The results of the procedure were presented at the American 
Heart ... the number of bypass surgeries being performed for coronary artery 
disease. [DOC] [TLE] A Cardiac Conundrum - Department of the History of Science ... [PAR] ease: coronary artery bypass grafts and angioplasty. ... show whether the 
procedures prolonged lives; in both cases ... ment in survival rates over standard 
medical and lifestyle treat- ... and invasive treatments like angioplasty. ... before a 
heart attack occurs. ... same thing: bypass surgery improved survival for a few 
patients. [DOC] [TLE] coronary artery disease | Medical Insider Blog [PAR] A coronary artery supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. ... The old-
fashioned way of treating a blocked or clogged coronary artery is Coronary Artery 
Bypass Surgery. Then in the early 1980s, a less invasive procedure called 
angioplasty was ... Currently the standard of care, these are medicated stents that 
release... [DOC] [TLE] Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual - Centers for ... [PAR] 10.1 - Use of Visual Tests Prior to and General Anesthesia During Cataract .... are 
found, bring them to the attention of CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and ... 
The NCD Manual is organized by categories, e.g., medical procedures, supplies, 
..... Had a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal. [DOC] [TLE] Treating artery blockages, bad heart valves now quicker, less invasive [PAR] Feb 16, 2014 ... It used to be that patients with clogged arteries or bad heart valves would get ... 
Now, doctors are treating those heart patients with procedures that boast ... 
extensive surgery that was previously required with bypass surgery," said ... 
director of cardiac catheterization at St. Joseph Regional Health Network. [DOC] [TLE] consuming health: physician conflict, patient care, and developing ... [PAR] available.4 A majority of patients, however, require a surgical procedure to 
remove the ... Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), however, is a very 
invasive procedure that has ... the advent of the stent, however, it is cardiologists 
who perform the .... relieving overall patient pain, and benefiting patients with 
several clogged. [DOC] [TLE] Coronary bypass surgery represents 50 percent of all cardiac ... [PAR] cardiac surgery procedures today, compared to ... clogged coronary arteries and 
needed some form of interven- tion. A cardiologist ... advent of minimally invasive 
robotic surgery, complex valve repair and ... surgery is

Question: Invasive coronary bypass surgery was the standard for unclogging arteries before the advent of this procedure
Answer: angioplasty