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Diagnosis and Therapy of Coronary Artery Disease pp 305–355Cite as

Therapy of Angina Pectoris

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Chapter 2 has described the pathoanatomy of coronary artery disease in humans and has discussed the pathophysiologic mechanisms that form the basis for many of the clinical manifestations of this disease. In the present chapter, the therapy of angina pectoris will be reviewed, including the chronic (stable), unstable, and variant types. Among the points of controversy that will be commented on in this chapter are the modification of risk factors and the role of exercise, clinical value of the calcium-antagonists compared to ß-adrenergic blocking agents, role of coronary angioplasty, prognosis of medically treated patients in the present era, selection of less disabled patients for coronary artery bypass surgery, reappearance of symptoms after surgical therapy, management of coronary artery disease associated with other disease states (both cardiac and noncardiac), and the role of medical and “prophylactic” coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with coronary artery disease who need to undergo noncardiac surgery.

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