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Effect of PCI on Long-Term Survival in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Submitted by

Arie Blitz

Source

Source Name: New England Journal of Medicine

Source URL: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1505532

Author(s)

Steven P. Sedlis, Pamela M. Hartigan, Koon K. Teo, David J. Maron, John A. Spertus, G.B. John Mancini, William Kostuk, Bernard R. Chaitman, Daniel Berman, Jeffrey D. Lorin, Marcin Dada, William S. Weintraub, and William E. Boden for the COURAGE Trial Investigators

The authors report on the extended follow-up of Courage Trial patients for up to 15 years. In this trial, patients with chronic stable angina were randomized to medical therapy alone versus PCI plus medical therapy. At extended follow-up, there was no difference in overall survival between the two treatment strategies.