USA Today Claims Stents and Angioplasty "Often Unnecessary"

Yesterday's edition of USA Today carried an article by Peter Eisler titled, "Six common surgeries often done unnecessarily" — and, you guessed it, angioplasty and stents were at the top of the list. I was a bit taken aback because I was not aware of any new study, federal or independent, that concluded stents were being vastly over-used. And it turns out that there wasn't one.
Source: Burts Stent Blog : The Voice in the Ear - Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs