Effect of PCI on Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease

S. Weintraub, William; A. Spertus, John; Kolm, Paul; J. Maron, David; Zhang, Zefeng; Jurkovitz, Claudine; Zhang, Wei; Hartigan, Pamela; Lewis, Cheryl; Veledar, Emir; Bowen, Jim; B. Dunbar, Sandra; Deaton, Christi; E. Kaufman, Stanley; A. O’Rourke, Robert; Goeree, Ron; G. Barnett, Paul; Teo, Koon; E. Boden, William

doi:10.1056/nejmoa072771

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Effect of PCI on Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 13, 2008

Authors:

William S. Weintraub

John A. Spertus

Paul Kolm

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It has not been clearly established whether percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can provide an incremental benefit in quality of life over that provided by optimal medical therapy among patients with chronic coronary artery disease. METHODS: We randomly assigned 2287 patients with s...

Subject

Medicine

Conventional PCI

Percutaneous coronary intervention

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