Cardiovascular

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: “COURAGE” Trial Assessed: New Guidelines for Patients with Stable Coronary Disease?

April 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
Harvey White

HARVEY WHITE, Auckland City Hospital

REFERENCE: ACC 2007 & N Engl J Med 356: March 2007
The finding from the COURAGE trial: that angioplasty adds no benefits to optimal medical therapy alone for patients with stable coronary disease, should give pause for thought among clinicians all over the world, according to Harvey White, who discussed the new data with Peter Goodwin.

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