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To: Olog-hai

“They are the strongest evidence yet that tens of thousands of costly stent procedures and bypass operations each year are unnecessary”

BS. I had 5 stents put in after a heart attack 13 years ago. I feel very good, quite active and no chest pains.

I’m very grateful to the inventors of the procedure and the doctors that put them in.


7 posted on 11/16/2019 12:33:47 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: aquila48

Same here. I had one put in 6 years ago. I was lucky. Had a 100% blockage of one artery.


13 posted on 11/16/2019 12:39:07 PM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: aquila48

I also had 5 stents installed, no heart attack but 3 of 4 arteries 40-50% occluded, in July 2018, after 23 days of acute-severe Pancreatitis, which decimated me 134lbs and too weak for a bypass.

You have FRmail.


28 posted on 11/16/2019 12:59:56 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: aquila48

You are exactly what the article claims. The ones unnecessary are the ones coming in for just chest pain. Thanks for proving this study.


34 posted on 11/16/2019 1:06:44 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: aquila48

Stents are an emergency procedure. If a stent is put in you damn well need it. It may save your life. It is that simple.


59 posted on 11/16/2019 7:41:44 PM PST by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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