Heart Surgery or Pills?

If you could choose between having heart surgery and maybe taking some pills, what would you choose. I bet you would choose the pills. Well there is a study underway between open heart surgery and angioplasty, where they thread a small balloon into an artery and open up an artery. A study last week found patients who once decided to take medicine and have angioplasty, didn't fare any better than those who took the drugs instead. This is an important finding because 1 million Americans every year are implanted with stents. However, each patient musts be evaluated separately to be sure they and their doctors make the right informed decisions. Angioplasty can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Most drugs are generic, so if this proves true, huge savings could be made.