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Article: Exercise Training for Angina.
- Article from:
- Clinical Cardiology Alert
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Exercise Training for Angina
Abstract & Commentary
Synopsis: A 12-month program of regular exercise in selected patients with chronic stable angina and significant CAD resulted in a higher event-free survival and exercise capacity at lower costs than PCI.
Source: Hambrecht R, et al. Percutaneous coronary angioplasty compared with exercise training in patients with stable coronary artery disease: A randomized trial. Circulation. 2004;109:1371-1378.
Although percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are highly efficacious in acute coronary syndromes, their benefit in chronic stable exercise-induced angina is less clear. Thus, Hambrecht ...