Elective angioplasty patients can fare well in experienced hospitals with no heart surgery capabilities

American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report - Abstract: 18558 - EMBARGOED UNTIL 8AM ET November 14, 2011 Study Highlights:Patients who had non-emergency artery-opening angioplasty or stent implantation at hospitals without heart surgery capabilities fared as well as those in hospitals that did.Both groups of patients had less than a 1 percent death rate.ORLANDO, FLA., Nov. 14, 2011