It was a nice piece and I really enjoy your blog. Write about potentially complex clinical topics yet distill them efficiently and plainly.
Love to see a followup piece on what other countries are doing in regards to stents (e.g., utilization and payment coverage) especially countries like Mexico which are dealing with burgeoning cardiovascular issues in their population as obesity as greatly increased since the mid-1990s.
No surprise. Just follow the money. Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
Well, we are witnessing the nakedly unscientific crooked and evil ways our “leaders” and agents of the medical industrial complex coercion of government bureaucrats to maximize their own profits, we shouldn’t be surprised by all this anymore, unfortunately.
It was a nice piece and I really enjoy your blog. Write about potentially complex clinical topics yet distill them efficiently and plainly.
Love to see a followup piece on what other countries are doing in regards to stents (e.g., utilization and payment coverage) especially countries like Mexico which are dealing with burgeoning cardiovascular issues in their population as obesity as greatly increased since the mid-1990s.
No surprise. Just follow the money. Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
I take a blood thinner, Eliquis, since my bout with sepsis and subsequent blood clots in my legs. Should I ask my doctor about taking aspirin as well?
Well, we are witnessing the nakedly unscientific crooked and evil ways our “leaders” and agents of the medical industrial complex coercion of government bureaucrats to maximize their own profits, we shouldn’t be surprised by all this anymore, unfortunately.
Here is another link to a pdf of the UK stable angina guideline specifically recommending optimal medical treatment.
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg126/resources/stable-angina-management-pdf-35109453262021 (see page 14)