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Percutaneous coronary interventions for coronary artery disease: the long and short of optimizing medical therapy

February 28, 2006   Categories: New articles  Posted by admin

The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the current medical literature pertaining to cardiovascular (CV) risk reduction and vascular event prevention in the setting of PCI, with emphasis on antiplatelet therapies, β-blockers, HMG-Co A reductase inhibitors (statins) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, with regard to therapy optimization during PCI and for chronic CAD.

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