PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cunningham, Muriel
ED  - Shaw, Leslee
TI  - PCI plus Optimal Medical Therapy Offers Benefit in Moderate-to-Severe Ischemia
DP  - 2007  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 19--20
VI  - 7
IP  - 7
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/7/19.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/7/19.full
AB  - A substudy analysis within the COURAGE trial indicated that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) led to significantly improved outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe ischemia. The substudy results clarify the primary results of the COURAGE trial, reported earlier this year. The main trial results demonstrated that elective PCI plus OMT did not reduce death or MI compared with OMT alone for patients with stable coronary artery disease.