Angioplasty and blind faith

Comments on the recent study suggesting that angioplasty is ineffective if performed days after a heart attack. Sometimes the evidence contradicts intuitive thinking:

The new report is the latest example of a rigorous experiment turning medical practice on its head by proving that a widely accepted treatment is not the great boon it was thought to be (except maybe to the bank accounts of doctors, drug companies and makers of medical devices).

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