Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Stable Coronary Heart Disease -Is Less More?

CONCLUSION: Current data imply that PCI for CCS does not improve outcomes in a large percentage of cases. A symptomatic benefit exists only in patients with frequent angina pectoris. The selection of CCS patients for PCI needs to be more strictly bound to the recommendations of current guidelines, particularly in Germany. PMID: 32234189 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32234189?dopt=Abstract

Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - April 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Dtsch Arztebl Int Source Type: research