What is the Real Message of the International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) Trial for Academic and Practising Cardiologists?

Defining the best management strategies for patients with stable ischaemic heart disease (SIHD) has been the subject of scientific study for nearly 50 years since the advent of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery by Favaloro in 1967 and, a decade later, the development of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by Gruentzig in 1977.1,2 Randomised controlled trials of CABG surgery versus medical therapy were initiated in the late 1970s and 1980s in patients with SIHD and showed that revascularisation re
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research