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The review published in the prestigious NEJM seems to suggest

PCI  , the most  commonly  performed  therapeutic cardiac intervention  may  result in  more  myocardial  infarction in the community  than  the deadly atherosclerosis itself.


Can it be true in any  stretch of imagination ?

Yes , it seems so . But the only issue  is the  criteria   used to define MI  .

Comments are welcome on this article .

You won’t get the full text article free  .Try to get it from your library .It is worth the time spent  !

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra0912134

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