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This was in Australia. A senior cardiologist has no motivation other than saving your life, and the symptoms were very clear. Meanwhile a stent operation is re
by lancewiggs 10y ago
This was in Australia. A senior cardiologist has no motivation other than saving your life, and the symptoms were very clear.
Meanwhile a stent operation is relatively trivial - as was explained later in the piece.
If he'd asked for a second opinion it could very well have added enough time to make things a lot worse.
- gpawl 10y agomotivation doesn't imply correctness. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1373373/Study-shows-heart-patients-bypass-surgery-DONT-live-longer-patients-pills.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1373373/Study-show...
- taberiand 10y agoI think it was less about asking a second opinion than making sure the doctors opinion was drawn from all the available facts.
- martyvis 10y agoInterestingly this article on HN last week addressed the finding that while stents are often prescribed for chest pain symptoms it is doubtful they have a more favorable outcome than other treatments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13713563#13716162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13713563#13716162