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Doctors Giving Too Many Angioplasties

Kevin Spak — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:25:05 CDT

Doctors are performing too many angioplasty procedures on patients who haven’t had heart attacks, according to a new study. Around 600,000 angioplasties are performed each year, of which roughly 70% are performed on heart attack victims. Those are fine, the study concludes, but of the remaining 30%, half were...

Sir Paul Denies Heart Surgery

Caroline Zimmerman — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:00:05 CST

Sir Paul McCartney has publicly denied claims that he was hospitalized for heart surgery, NME reports. Earlier this month, the Sun reported that the legendary former Beatle had undergone a coronary angioplasty. But today, McCartney reassured fans and friends on his website that he had simply been tested for a...

Stents Show No Lasting Benefit In Heart Study

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:17:19 CDT

Stents used to open arteries are no more useful than conventional drug treatment for patients who haven't yet had a heart attack, a new study reveals. In more than 2,000 patients over five years, those who had surgery suffered the same number of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths as...