There was less change among high-risk patients of new surgeons.

They point out that quite a few hospitals, including some with a fair number of high-risk patients, already have rates at or below 15 percent.

All of these factors can contribute to an advanced disease state in high-risk patients.

There are a number of genetic factors that can be used to identify high-risk patients.

"The ones getting cited are now turning down high-risk patients.

Beta blockade should also be considered in the high-risk patients.

But he said the system might be biased when applied to a few cases of individual doctors who had high-risk patients.

At first, it was just high-risk patients having major heart attacks who routinely had the procedure.

In high-risk patients, a number of different approaches have been used with comparable efficacy.

At the same time, doctors suspect that some high-risk patients are pressured to go out of state.

We think this has a devastating impact on the quality of health care - as I say, high-risk patients don't get covered anymore.

Until now, there has been no proven long-term therapy that is safe for high-risk patients.

Perhaps, the decision is made to hospitalize high-risk patients until remission.

Mr. Johnson said the agency's officials want the company to find and alert high-risk patients first.

But he added that high-risk patients and their doctors might come to their own conclusions.

However, even high-risk patients have even odds of living for five years after diagnosis.

These services involve intensive clinical management focused solely on high-risk patients at home.

Still, most doctors who prescribe the monitors do so because they want to follow their high-risk patients closely.

And health management organizations have shunted high-risk patients, who cost more to treat, to teaching hospitals.

Indeed, some doctors prescribe the Pill to high-risk patients as a preventive measure.

On the other hand, studies show that vitamin E may reduce heart problems in high-risk patients such as certain diabetics.

Table 1 summarizes the genomic factors used to identify high-risk patients.

This suggests there are certain high-risk patients who may benefit from transfer to a tertiary care center with greater resources and technology.

In addition, health experts say doctors are discouraged from high-risk patients and procedures that involve risks worth taking.