A member asked:

I have this disease and have been turned down by vanderbilt and cleveland clinic for stents , but one doctor at another hospital said he could do stent?

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Dr. Tony Ho answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Depends: Cardiologists all have different thresholds as to when they should to procedures; even if a procedure can be done doesn't necessarily mean that it _should_ be, if the risks outweigh the benefits. It is always useful to have a second opinion, and the key is to get appropriate informed consent; ask the new doctor why he's willing to do the stent where the others aren't.

Answered 12/11/2012

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