LSAT 117 – Section 2 – Question 02

LSAT 117 - Section 2 - Question 02

October 2004

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PT117 S2 Q02
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
5%
154
B
1%
152
C
2%
153
D
3%
156
E
90%
162
131
140
149
 +Easier 146.765 +SubsectionMedium

Cardiologist: Coronary bypass surgery is commonly performed on patients suffering from coronary artery disease when certain other therapies would be as effective. Besides being relatively inexpensive, these other therapies pose less risk to the patient since they are less intrusive. Bypass surgery is especially debatable for single-vessel disease.

Summary

Coronary bypass surgery is performed on patients with coronary artery disease when other treatments would be as effective. The other therapies are less expensive and pose less risk to the patient. These concerns are especially high for single-vessel disease.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

It is likely that therapies other than coronary bypass surgery would be as effective for conditions like single-vessel disease while posing less risk and cost to the patient.

A
Bypass surgery is riskier than all alternative therapies.

This is unsupported because the author only states that there are some therapies with less risk than coronary bypass surgery, not that all therapies are less risky. There could be other therapies with much greater risk that are not discussed.

B
Needless bypass surgery is more common today than previously.

This is unsupported because the author provides no information about the frequency of different surgeries over time.

C
Bypass surgery should be performed when more than one vessel is diseased.

This is unsupported because although the author said bypass surgery is especially debatable for single-vessel disease, the author leaves open the possibility that bypass surgery is also too risky for diseases of multiple vessels.

D
Bypass surgery is an especially expensive therapy when used to treat single-vessel disease.

This is unsupported because while we know that bypass surgery is especially debatable for single-vessel disease, we don’t know if this is due to cost or risk.

E
Sometimes there are equally effective alternatives to bypass surgery that involve less risk.

This is strongly supported because the stimulus indicates that other therapies are as effective as bypass surgeries and that these therapies involve lower risk.

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