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How does a doctor decide if one needs angioplasty?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Depends: On vessel involved and symptoms. Ask your doctor directly.
Answered 9/28/2016
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TheirBeliefs&Biases: Angioplasty, a hydraulic expansion of a blood vessel, is widely promoted as a way to reduce symptoms of reduced blood flow to an area. It brings higher pay & has the public illusion of high-tech. At the same time, it complicates disease & does not ↓incidence of heart attack, stroke, etc. Long term. Mds who do procedure recommend more commonly than those who don’t. It’s your body, focus on disease.
Answered 12/9/2013
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