In the past year, we have had 3 friends that we know of, who received 3 non emergency stents and those 3 went home then next day. They beat having heart attacks with prompt stent intervention.
3 more had heart attacks and had their stents post MI, and spent an average of 3 days in the hospitals. They ignored their symptoms until they actually had heart attacks and were admitted at the ERs and sent to the cardiac units.
I have 5 stents in 3 of 4 heart arteries; I was too sick with pancreatitis to undergo bypass, and may need another stent in the 4th artery. Drs say I’m not a candidate for a bypass yet, but at 69, who knows?