Close to one million Americans a year receive stent implants after angioplasty to create pathways through severe blockages in coronary arteries by inflating tiny balloons in them.

每年美国有一百万人在血管成形术后接受支架植入，以便在严重堵塞的冠脉血管中开通血管通路。

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Tricor did decrease heart attacks by a statistically significant 24%, and it made it less likely that patients would have to undergo heart surgery or angioplasty, a procedure in which balloons are used to unclog arteries.

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