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The benefits of angioplasty

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    Drs. Siegel and Samadi weigh in

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How about how Sunday house call on the doctors last week we told you about a new study.

Have found that one out of every seven patients getting an angioplasty.

To not actually meet the criteria for needing a procedure.

What are the benefits and what does that mean doctor Siegel it's it can be really important if you needed obviously.

You know it's it's a million people in the United States are getting us I just wanted to make a point if -- -- last week we're not saying that there isn't a benefit to -- sent into plastic.

We were just trying to say that medication may be tried first American a very stable patient if you're stable.

You're not having an unstable problem you don't have a heart attack coming on because in those cases cardiac stents have been shown to be of great benefit.

But if you are stable and just -- engine -- you have -- you have a problem we get chest pain or some other symptom.

You might wanna try medication first under the guidance of your physician we feel I feel that too many times patients are rushed to this procedure they got a stent and then they might have a complication later on but they generally are very very safe.

And studies have shown that they.

Keep you alive longer the cut down your risk of heart attack and they improve your quality of life there and tremendous medical events.

Right that's -- we're trying to do here improves everybody's quality of life and people have been.

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