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NIH-funded Studies Show Stents and Surgery No Better Than Medication, Lifestyle Changes at Reducing Cardiac Events
March 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on March 30:

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- Researchers find stents, surgery provide higher quality of life for those with chest pain.

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Invasive procedures such as bypass surgery and stenting--commonly used to treat blocked arteries--are no better at reducing the risk for heart attack and death in patients with stable isc . . .

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