Scoring system can avoid unnecessary surgery for clogged arteries

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows. Patients with clogged arteries often undergo surgery to reopen blood vessels choked by plaques, but those procedures carry risk of causing a stroke or other serious complications.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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