Contemporary management of angina: part I. Risk assessment.

Abstract:

:Ischemic heart disease is one of the most common disorders managed by family physicians. Stratifying patients according to risk is important early in the course of the disease to identify patients who require invasive (percutaneous or surgical) treatment. Physical examination, clinical history, noninvasive tests and angiography are all helpful in determining who will benefit most from medical therapy, percutaneous revascularization or coronary artery bypass surgery. Surgery improves morbidity and mortality in a well-defined group of patients with left ventricular dysfunction and left main coronary artery disease or triple-vessel disease. Patients with proximal left anterior descending artery disease and moderate or severe ischemia benefit from surgery as well. In all other patients, definitive treatment includes aspirin, beta-adrenergic blockers and lipid-lowering agents. Percutaneous revascularization should be considered primarily a palliative measure, because it has never been shown to improve mortality more than medical therapy.

journal_name

Am Fam Physician

authors

Zanger DR,Solomon AJ,Gersh BJ

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-12-01 00:00:00

pages

2543-52

issue

9

eissn

0002-838X

issn

1532-0650

journal_volume

60

pub_type

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