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- Title
Effects of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Silent Ischemia After Myocardial Infarction.
- Authors
Erne, Paul; Schoenenberger, Andreas W.; Burckhardt, Dieter; Zuber, Michel; Kiowski, Wolfgang; Buser, Peter T.; Dubach, Paul; Resink, Therese J.; Pfisterer, Matthias
- Abstract
This article presents a clinical trial on the effects of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in silent ischemia after myocardial infarction (MI). The objective of the study was to determine if PCI, compared with drug therapy, improves long-term outcome of asymptomatic patients with silent ischemia after an MI. The conclusion of the trial was that among patients with recent MI, silent myocardial ischemia verified by stress imaging, and 1-or 2-vessel coronary arteries disease, PCI compared with anti-ischemic drug therapy reduced the long-term risk of major cardiac events.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL infarction; CORONARY arteries; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; CLINICAL trials; HEALTH outcome assessment; EVALUATION of medical care
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007, Vol 297, Issue 18, p1985
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.297.18.1985