scholarly journals Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Compared With Exercise Training in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Circulation ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 109 (11) ◽  
pp. 1371-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Hambrecht ◽  
Claudia Walther ◽  
Sven Möbius-Winkler ◽  
Stephan Gielen ◽  
Axel Linke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Stable Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary ◽  
Artery Disease

scholarly journals The argument of the ORBITA study: angioplasty is useless

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_E) ◽  
pp. E34-E36
Author(s):  
Leonardo Bolognese
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Stable Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Revascularization Procedures ◽  
Vessel Coronary Artery

Abstract The goal of treatment in stable coronary artery disease is to improve prognosis and quality of life of the patients. International Guidelines support revascularization procedures for symptomatic patients unresponsive to optimal medical treatment. Previous studies demonstrated, in fact, the therapeutic efficacy of coronary angioplasty in reducing angina and improving the functional capacity of these patients. The ORBITA study, recently published, challenged these assertions by demonstrating the lack of benefit of angioplasty over placebo in terms of effort tolerance in a population of patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. What lesson could we learn from the ORBITA study?

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