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[...]one of the reasons why outcome after medical treatment was reasonable compared with that seen with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the COURAGE trial has been the fact that in the PCI group, intervention was often performed on relatively mild lesions, many of them most likely not fun...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008-03, Vol.51 (11), p.1123
Main Authors: Pijls, Nico HJ, van Schaardenburg, Pepijn, Manoharan, Ganesh, Boersma, Erik, Bech, Jan-Willem, van 't Veer, Marcel, Bär, Frits, Hoorntje, Jan, Koolen, Jacques, Wijns, William, de Bruyne, Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cardiology
Coronary vessels
Heart attacks
Ischemia
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Summary:[...]one of the reasons why outcome after medical treatment was reasonable compared with that seen with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the COURAGE trial has been the fact that in the PCI group, intervention was often performed on relatively mild lesions, many of them most likely not functionally significant.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.11.057