Effect of PCI on Long-Term Survival in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

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Source

Source Name: New England Journal of Medicine

Source URL: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1505532?query=featured_cardiology&

Author(s)

Steven P. Sedlis, Pamela M. Hartigan, Koon K. Teo, David J. Maron, John A. Spertus, John Mancini, William Kostuk, Bernard R. Chaitman, Daniel Berman, Jeffrey D. Lorin, Marcin Dada, William S. Weintraub, and William E. Boden for the COURAGE Trial Investigators

This article reports on the long-term (up to 15 year) survival of patients who participated in the COURAGE trial.

Comments

Submitted by Patrick Myers on Mon, 2015-12-07 01:55

Wow, did anybody actually read the paper before submitting this JANS? It would be much more informative to actually report some interesting results of the study (such as: PCI showed no survival advantage at 15 years (HR 1.03, P = 0.76)).