Freedom trial editorial

Personal information on reporters and innocent persons who talked to them over the phone is exposed to investigators. This is a secret infringement upon privacy.

Above all, reporters and their news sources cannot but feel pressure in communicating with each other. It dispirits the freedom of the press. The agency did not only check phone records of reporters covering cases under its investigation, but also queried telecommunications of reporters covering opposition political parties and even cameramen.

Reporters covering political parties and cameramen are said to have never talked with the prosecutor being investigated by the agency in a case where he allegedly instigated the main opposition People Power Party to file complaints against figures siding with the ruling party ahead of the legislative election last year. The CIO obtained phone records of reporters after their critical media reports on the agency.

The patients should certainly be presented with this data, including short and long term outcomes, and we believe that a discussion with a cardiothoracic surgeon and implementation of the heart team approach should take place.

If suitable, the overwhelming data for most multivessel disease, particularly if a left internal mammary artery graft can be utilized, is for CABG. The question arises in those diabetic patients whose multivessel disease is less complex or those who are not good surgical candidates. Thus, the decision for revascularization strategy is based on a continuum of factors and the heart team discussion is a vital component of the decision making process.

This is where further research in the appropriate patient characteristics will serve our field well. Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with angioplasty in patients with multivessel disease. N Engl J Med ; Clinical and economic impact of diabetes mellitus on percutaneous and surgical treatment of multivessel coronary disease patients: insights from the Arterial Revascularization Therapy Study ARTS trial.

Strategies for multivessel revascularization in diabetic patients. J Am Coll Cardiol ; Boston is obsessed with its colonial and revolutionary-era history. Editorials represent the views of the Boston Globe Editorial Board. Follow us on Twitter at GlobeOpinion.

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