Impact of 'high rates of heart procedures'

More than 100 people commented on this story on the San Francisco Chronicle's website, and some of them added their own experience of seeing abnormally high procedure rates.  One of them, Chuck Magner, told of the death of his father as a result of a surgery he thinks was not needed.  His story became the centerpriece of a future story by the center on carotid stroke surgery at St. Helena Hospital.