Angioplasty study rebutted

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A University at Buffalo School of Medicine study has been widely misinterpreted to show routine use of angioplasty to reopen cardiac arteries doesn?t prevent heart attacks, according to St. Joseph chief heart surgeon Dr. Stephen Pollock.

But “there has never been a claim by anybody that stents prevent heart attacks, except in the middle of one actually happening,” Pollock said.

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