Effect of PCI on Long-Term Survival in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease.

P Sedlis, Steven; M Hartigan, Pamela; K Teo, Koon; J Maron, David; A Spertus, John; B John Mancini, G; Kostuk, William; R Chaitman, Bernard; Berman, Daniel; D Lorin, Jeffrey; Dada, Marcin; S Weintraub, William; E Boden, William; Trial Investigators, COURAGE

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1505532

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Effect of PCI on Long-Term Survival in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease.

Published in The New England journal of medicine • Nov 12, 2015

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Authors:

Steven P Sedlis

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Pamela M Hartigan

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Koon K Teo

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) relieves angina in patients with stable ischemic heart disease, but clinical trials have not shown that it improves survival. Between June 1999 and January 2004, we randomly assigned 2287 patients with stable ischemic heart disease to an initial m...

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