Fewer clogged arteries may need stent treatment (AP)

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Fewer clogged arteries may need stent treatment
    (AP)

 

AP - A new study gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care. Fewer deaths, heart attacks and repeat procedures occurred when doctors implanted fewer of these tiny artery props, using the blood-flow test to decide when they were truly needed, the study found.


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