Cardiologists are sometimes accused of giving too much treatment. Low-risk patients are handed armfuls of daily medication, risking side effects, while surgeons insert stents or ‘replumb’ blood vessels at the drop of a hat, despite less-than-clear benefits. Or so say the critics.But if new research unveiled at the American Heart Association annual conference in this year is anything to go by, the order of the day is a less-is-more approach that’s focused not just on trying to make people live longer, but feel healthier too.For the one million British heart failure patients, there was more evidence that new drug treatments are effective – but there was also much excitement at proof that something as simple as iron supplementation, albeit via IV infusion once every six months, not only prevents deaths but improves symptoms and boosts wellbeing.
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