
#132 Does PCI Save Lives in Heart Failure and CAD? Beyond Journal Club on the REVIVED Trial
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
The Story of Stents and Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
There are two big trials in the story of stents and stable ischemic heart disease, courage and ischemia. Courage is the landmark trial published in 2007, asking whether putting stents in for patients with stable coronary artery disease reduces death and non-fatal MI. The answer is that it really only reduces angina in the short term. It doesn't make patients live longer or feel better over the long haul.
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