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Do I Need a Stent?

Do I Need a Stent? Opinion LESS IS MORE PERSPECTIVE Choosing Medical Care Wisely Nine years ago at the age of 71, my mother was living ologist could not tell for sure without angiography to see Yanling Yu, PhD an active life after retirement and enjoyed gardening, how serious the blockage was. My mother said it would Applied Physics Laboratory, University sewing, practicing tai chi daily, and working part-time in be hard for her to make a decision when she is on the of Washington, Seattle. a fabric store. She was taking blood pressure medica- table during the middle of the procedure. Detecting my tion to control hypertension. mother’s hesitation, the cardiologist suggested that she She began to experience brief episodes of chest dis- sign an informed consent before the procedure to au- comfort when she walked uphill. I encouraged my thorize a stent and assured her that it would reduce the Editor's Note mother to visit her family physician, and we learned that risk of a heart attack. page 321 herbloodpressurewaselevatedmorethanusualandher I could sense that my mother was becoming cholesterol and triglyceride levels were high. The phy- increasingly uncomfortable about consenting to a sicianrecommendedatreadmilltest.Duringthetest,she stent when she was still unsure. I suggested that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Do I Need a Stent?

Yu, Yanling
JAMA Internal Medicine , Volume 174 (3) – Mar 1, 2014
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Do I Need a Stent?

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Opinion LESS IS MORE PERSPECTIVE Choosing Medical Care Wisely Nine years ago at the age of 71, my mother was living ologist could not tell for sure without angiography to see Yanling Yu, PhD an active life after retirement and enjoyed gardening, how serious the blockage was. My mother said it would Applied Physics Laboratory, University sewing, practicing tai chi daily, and working part-time in be hard for her to make a decision when she is on the of Washington, Seattle. a fabric store. She...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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2168-6106
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10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13479
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24424422
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Abstract

Opinion LESS IS MORE PERSPECTIVE Choosing Medical Care Wisely Nine years ago at the age of 71, my mother was living ologist could not tell for sure without angiography to see Yanling Yu, PhD an active life after retirement and enjoyed gardening, how serious the blockage was. My mother said it would Applied Physics Laboratory, University sewing, practicing tai chi daily, and working part-time in be hard for her to make a decision when she is on the of Washington, Seattle. a fabric store. She was taking blood pressure medica- table during the middle of the procedure. Detecting my tion to control hypertension. mother’s hesitation, the cardiologist suggested that she She began to experience brief episodes of chest dis- sign an informed consent before the procedure to au- comfort when she walked uphill. I encouraged my thorize a stent and assured her that it would reduce the Editor's Note mother to visit her family physician, and we learned that risk of a heart attack. page 321 herbloodpressurewaselevatedmorethanusualandher I could sense that my mother was becoming cholesterol and triglyceride levels were high. The phy- increasingly uncomfortable about consenting to a sicianrecommendedatreadmilltest.Duringthetest,she stent when she was still unsure. I suggested that

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