Optimal Medical Therapy With or Without Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients With Stable Coronary Disease. A Pre-Specified Subset Analysis of the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive druG Evaluation) Trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1303-1308

  Teo, Koon K ^a   Sedlis, Steven P ^b   Boden, William E ^c   O'Rourke, Robert A ^d   Maron, David J ^e   Hartigan, Pamela M ^f   Dada, Marcin ^g   Gupta, Vipul ^c   Spertus, John A ^h   Kostuk, William J ⁱ   Berman, Daniel S ^j   Shaw, Leslee J ^k   Chaitman, Bernard R ^l   Mancini, G B John ^m   Weintraub, William S ⁿ  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^j CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁿ CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

coronary artery disease; optimal medical therapy; percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE;

EID: 70349397428     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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