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Drug eluting stents (heart stents coated with drugs that inhibit blood clots) are placed in the hearts of more than a million Americans a year to treat coronary disease and generate about $5 billion a year in sales for the two companies that make them. But are drug eluting stents placing your life at risk?
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The history of clearing clogged coronary arteries and implanting is one of progress and setbacks:
1960s: Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) is introduced to repair arteries clogged with plaque. Surgeons harvest healthy veins from a patient’s legs and transplant them around blocked arteries near the heart, restoring blood flow.
The problem: Although effective, it’s a major [...]

ISLAMABAD: Heart specialists perform an estimated 1.2 million angioplasty procedures each year, according to the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
But are they all necessary?
That depends on whom you ask, and what studies you cite. Conventional cardiology wisdom has long held that heart attacks occur because arteries blocked by the buildup of plaque starve the [...]