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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that, as a first revascularization procedure, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been shown to have a markedly lower 5-year death rate than angioplasty for persons with diabetes mellitus (Type I or II) who are on oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.

Descriptions of cases featuring the use of angioplasty as treatment.