Stable angina: Drugs, angioplasty or surgery?
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Stable angina: drugs, angioplasty or surgery?
Stable angina is a common condition with a good overall prognosis and annual mortality is 2-4%, whatever treatment is employed. Medical therapy with nitrates, beta-blockers, calcium antagonists and lipid-lowering agents is appropriate as first-line therapy in those patients not specifically identified as being at risk by exercise testing and/or angiography. Dosage should be optimized. Coronary ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/18.suppl_b.2