Stable angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease is not a benign condition and is associated with an increased risk of MACE and mortality.
Non-obstructive CAD in stable angina may warrant closer surveillance; leaves open whether targeted therapies improve outcomes.
Patients with stable angina and normal coronary arteries or diffuse non-obstructive CAD have elevated risks of MACE and all-cause mortality compared with a reference population without ischaemic heart disease.
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Jespersen et al. (2011) studied this question.