A Comparison of the Costs of and Quality of Life After Coronary Angioplasty or Coronary Surgery for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

Circulation ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 2831-2840 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Weintraub ◽  
Patrick D. Mauldin ◽  
Edmund Becker ◽  
Andrzej S. Kosinski ◽  
Spencer B. King
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_E) ◽  
pp. E34-E36
Author(s):  
Leonardo Bolognese

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?


Circulation ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 110 (14) ◽  
pp. 1960-1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Hlatky ◽  
Derek B. Boothroyd ◽  
Kathryn A. Melsop ◽  
Maria M. Brooks ◽  
Daniel B. Mark ◽  
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