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Jun 2021
13m 56s

Do Stents Work? Part 1

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM
About this episode

Today, on the Nutrition Facts podcast, we look at stents — those tiny tubes that doctors insert into a blocked artery to keep it open.

This episode features audio from Do Angioplasty Heart Stent Procedures Work? and Why Angioplasty Heart Stents Don’t Work Better. Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related to this podcast.

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