Drug Reduces Illness and Death after Heart Bypass Surgery
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical AssociationTreating heart bypass patients before and during surgery with a drug called acadesine can reduce heart attack, early cardiac death and other adverse cardiovascular outcomes such as stroke, according to an article in this week's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). EMBARGOED: 3 p.m. (CT) TUESDAY, JANUARY 21