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Catalogue Number: 040915
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Consumer Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 30
STENTS & SENSIBILITY (NOW: 06/08/07)
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Catalogue Number: 040915
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Consumer Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 30
In 2006, Americans spent $14 billion on procedures involving coronary stents, tubes that open clogged arteries to the heart. According to the FDA, there's no evidence that stents significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks. A study from a top cardiologist is suggesting many of the procedures prescribed for chest pains are overused. NOW investigates the facts behind stents and finds, to no surprise, that money is as much an issue as medicine.