Why the study?
What are the predictors of choosing medical management over PCI in patients undergoing elective cardiac catheterization for stable angina?
Population
207 patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and obstructive lesions amenable to PCI undergoing elective…
Comparison
Medical management vs Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Design
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Lesion characteristics may outweigh symptoms in PCI decisions for stable angina; leaves open whether this challenges symptom-guided practice in prospective trials.
What are the predictors of choosing medical management over PCI in patients undergoing elective cardiac catheterization for stable angina?
In patients with stable angina, the decision to defer PCI for medical management is driven primarily by angiographic complexity and patient comorbidities rather than symptom severity or ischemia.
Atreya et al. (2016) studied this question.
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