Can’t Win For Losing
This morning while eating breakfast I came across a story in the newspaper announcing that an occasional glass of wine can increase a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer by 15%. I immediately...
View ArticleSometimes Less is More
I saw a patient in my office this week who had received a stent from one of my partners last month. The man was highly satisfied with his experience—the procedure was tolerable, the recovery short,...
View ArticleIs My Stent Open?
Here’s a scenario that we cardiologists occasionally see. A patient comes into the hospital with chest pain. He goes to the cath lab where he’s seen to have 90% narrowing of one of his critical...
View ArticleHeart Attacks
There’s a point of confusion I often encounter that I’d like to clarify. It’s not uncommon for patients conclude a lengthy hospital stay for a cardiac condition in utter confusion about whether they...
View ArticleBypass Surgery vs Stents: The Rematch
There’s been a lot in the news lately about the relative benefits of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and angioplasty/stenting (for the purpose of this blog post I’ll use the abbreviation PCI for...
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