Some of the most common invasive heart procedures in America are no better at preventing heart attacks, hospitalizations and death in patients with stable heart disease than pills and lifestyle improvements alone, according to a massive federally funded study designed to resolve a long-standing controversy in cardiology. The results suggest that stents and bypass surgery should be used more sparingly in patients with stable heart disease and that the decision to use them should be less rushed, experts said. | 
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