Christopher A Rajkumar, Michael J Foley, Fiyyaz Ahmed-Jushuf, Alexandra N Nowbar, Florentina A Simader, John R Davies, Peter D O'Kane, Peter Haworth, Helen Routledge, Tushar Kotecha, Reto Gamma, Gerald Clesham, Rupert Williams, Jehangir Din, Sukhjinder S Nijjer, Nick Curzen, Neil Ruparelia, Manas Sinha, Jason N Dungu, Sashiananthan Ganesananthan, Ramzi Khamis, Lal Mughal, Tim Kinnaird, Ricardo Petraco, James C Spratt, Sayan Sen, Joban Sehmi, David J Collier, Afzal Sohaib, Thomas R Keeble, Graham D Cole, James P Howard, Darrel P Francis, Matthew J Shun-Shin, Rasha K Al-Lamee
BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is frequently performed to reduce the symptoms of stable angina. Whether PCI relieves angina more than a placebo procedure in patients who are not receiving antianginal medication remains unknown. METHODS: We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of PCI in patients with stable angina. Patients stopped all antianginal medications and underwent a 2-week symptom assessment phase before randomization...
December 21, 2023: New England Journal of Medicine