Disease pattern is a strong modifier of how much PCI will reduce angina and may explain prior negative trials in this space.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included data on 32,691 patients with stable CAD from the prospective, observational CLARIFY registry.

PHILADELPHIA -- The symptoms of stable angina can be eased by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone in the absence of antianginal medications, the randomized ORBITA-2 trial showed. Compared ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. PCI improved angina symptoms at 12 weeks vs. a sham ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the Imperial College London suggests that the placebo effect experienced by patients who receive coronary artery stents might be larger than expected, even ...

Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD Causes of chest pain can range from heart, lung, and digestive conditions.Pulled muscles and panic attacks may also lead to chest pain.Getting immediate ...

In January 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new antianginal agent for the treatment of chronic stable angina, ranolazine (Ranexa™; CV Therapeutics, Inc.). The drug, ...

PCI for coronary chronic total occlusion significantly improves angina symptom scores compared with placebo in patients with stable angina.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have received a $3.12 million National Institutes of Health grant to study whether acupuncture can alleviate chest pain caused by stable angina.

Further evidence supporting conservative management for most patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and angina comes from a new study of more than 30,000 patients in the prospective ...

Complete revascularization with PCI results in better health status for patients with multivessel, stable CAD than either incomplete revascularization or a conservative strategy of guideline-directed ...

For people with stable chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), an initial CT strategy fared similarly to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ...