Stenting for stable coronary artery disease is wrong!

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In  a January 4th, 2012 JAMA editorial, the authors describe that patients were not being helped by a variety of well-established procedures including stenting for stable coronary artery disease: “Percutaneous coronary intervention (stenting) performed for stable coronary artery disease… cost(s) billions of dollars and (has supported) the existence of (an) entire specialty for many years. Stable coronary artery disease accounted for …