In a nutshell The present study compares the effectiveness of two approaches – conservative and interventional – with relation to heart attack prevention in patients with a stable coronary heart disease (CAD). The conservative strategy consists of optimal drug therapy; the interventional approach is based on percutaneous coronary...
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Comparing treatment options for patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes
In a nutshell This study compared the outcomes of two interventional procedures for multivessel coronary artery disease, coronary artery-bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Some background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a condition caused by the narrowing of the blood...
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In a nutshell The present study evaluated the effect of two drug groups – Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) – on cardiovascular (CV)-related events (e.g. heart attacks, strokes), occurence of heart failure (HF) and death, in patients with normal heart...
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