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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Long-Term Outcomes in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Extended Follow-Up of the COURAGE Randomized Trial.
JAMA · · Journal Article
Butala, Murali + more
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In veterans with stable coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention is evaluated for its effect on death and myocardial infarction over extended follow-up in the COURAGE randomized trial.
- Why it matters: The trial addresses whether adding percutaneous coronary intervention to standard medical therapy improves long-term clinical outcomes in this veteran population.
- What they did: Investigators used the COURAGE randomized trial design and extended follow-up to compare percutaneous coronary intervention versus medical therapy, focusing on death and myocardial infarction.
- The result: The extended follow-up provides long-term evidence on how percutaneous coronary intervention relates to death and myocardial infarction in veterans with coronary artery disease.
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