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Doctors Too Quick to Use Cardiac Catheterization: Study

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-03-10

Results from a new study published in New England Journal of Medicine have found that most people who enter emergency rooms with chest pain will undergo a cardiac catheterization, but the odds are nearly two to one that doctors will not find a significant blockage after this invasive procedure. Read full story >

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