Imagine you are sitting in a small, sterile doctor’s office. The air is cool, the paper on the exam table crinkles under you, and your heart is thumping against your ribs—not from exercise, but from fear. Your doctor looks at a scan of your chest and says the words no one wants to hear: "You have a blockage."
The Facts
Are cardiac stents necessary? The short answer: Yes, and no. Although this is a complicated question and the answer can be even more complicated, the most accurate and most straightforward solution is this:
Yes if you are having a heart attack and No, for anything else.
