>Personally I couldn't care less whether I croak from an in-stent thrombosis or restenosis. I only care about the odds.<
Not many, proportionally, croak from restenosis if they have competent medical care and follow-up. However, late thrombosis is fatal around 20% of the time. So one ought to consider the weighted probabilities of these two kinds of events.
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