Transplantation offers many heart-failure patients a better chance of survival than drug therapy. However, a shortage of donor hearts forces most transplant candidates into a dangerous waiting game. The multicenter, randomized trial will also examine the life expectancy of the device, as well as its effect on quality of life and the cost of treating end-stage heart disease. The role of gender in health is a relatively new area of inquiry. Until recently, it was thought that men were more likely than women to suffer and die from a number of heart-related ailments.
New evidence reveals that heart disease is the number one killer of women as well as men.
In fact, more than half a million women die from cardiovascular diseases each year. It is commonly thought that it is risky to subject the very old to invasive surgery. However, there is little scientific evidence to support this widespread belief. The study also showed that CABG surgery is cost-effective in this age group. The advent of tiny endoscopic devices has given rise to a number of minimally invasive surgical techniques .