Optimal Medical Therapy For Angina

Angina treatment: Stents, drugs, lifestyle changes — …

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Several medications can improve angina symptoms, including: Aspirin. Aspirin and other anti-platelet medications reduce the ability of your blood to clot, making it easier for... Nitrates. Often used to treat angina, nitrates relax and widen your blood …

Evaluation and Management of Patients With Stable Angina

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The risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) is relatively low among patients with CHD and stable chest pain. Risk factor modification with medical …

Optimal Medical Therapy for Stable Angina: Which …

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For example, if angina is largely exertional in origin and blood pressure is normal or elevated, use of beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, or nitrates is …

Angina - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention …

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Current guidelines for the management of stable angina emphasize risk factor modification, namely smoking cessation, exercise, …

Diagnosis and Management of Stable Angina: A Review

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Conclusions and relevance: For patients with stable angina, emphasis should be placed on optimizing lifestyle factors and preventive medications such as lipid …

Living with stable angina - Harvard Health

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For decades, cardiologists debated the best way to treat this problem: a procedure to reopen the artery (angioplasty and a stent) or optimal medical therapy. …

Optimal medical therapy is a proven option for chronic …

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Optimal medical therapy consisted of antiplatelet therapy, anti-ischemic therapy, and aggressive lipid and blood pressure control. Based on the strength of the …

Medications as effective as stents for …

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Optimal medical therapy safe and effective for most with coronary artery disease ISCHEMIA is not the first study to demonstrate that OMT is a safe and effective alternative to stent …

Optimal Medical Therapy | Cardiac Health

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The term comes from an article published in 2007 as the COURAGE Trial about which I have written and ...