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Heart Attack Study Casts Doubt On Routine Use of Angioplasty

Propping open clogged arteries with a tiny wire-mesh tube called a stent is no better at reducing the risk of heart attack or death in patients with stable heart disease than treatment with medications, according to a large new study that challenges routine use of a procedure that rapidly became standard medical practice....
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By Rob Stein

 
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