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DewDiligence

10/25/06 2:31 AM

#36202 RE: iwfal #36201

Musings on this topic by Aslan: #msg-14262001.

>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.