Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development

Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development

Despite Compelling Evidence Proving Heart Artery Stents Do Not Prevent Death or Heart Attack in Stable Patients, Their Use Has Declined Very Little Since 2010

Perverse Financial Incentives are To Blame

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William H Bestermann Jr MD
Jul 23, 2021
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Despite compelling evidence proving heart artery stents do not prevent death or heart attack in stable patients, their use has declined very little since 2010. This is critical new information just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. We have known since 1995 that heart attacks do not occur because of chronic blockages that get …

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