Of patients over 65 years old who survived coronary bypass surgery-a procedure widely prescribed for people with heart disease-only 75 percent benefited from the surgery. Thus it appears that for one in four such patients, the doctors who advised them to undergo this surgery, with its attendant risks and expense, were more interested in an opportunity to practice their skills and in their fee than in helping the patient.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument?
GWD7-Q17: Of patients over 65 yearsold who survived coronary bypass surgery—a procedure widely prescribed forpeople with heart disease—only 75 percent benefited from the surgery. Thus it appears that for one in four suchpatients, the doctors who advised them to undergo this surgery, with itsattendant risks and expense, were more interested in an opportunity to practicetheir skills and in their fee than in helping the patient. Which of the following,if true, most seriously undermines the argument?
A. Many of the patients who receive coronary bypass surgeryare less than 55 years old. B. Possible benefits of coronary bypass surgery include bothrelief from troubling symptoms and prolongation of life. C. Most of the patients in the survey decided to undergocoronary bypass surgery because they were advised that the surgery would reducetheir risk of future heart attacks. D. The patients over 65 years old who did not benefit from thecoronary bypass surgery were as fully informed as those who did benefit fromthe surgery as to the risks of the surgery prior to undergoing it. E. The patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery but whodid not benefit from it were medically indistinguishable, prior to theirsurgery, from the patients who did benefit. 我在DE中徘徊 最后选了D,但是答案是E