CARDIOVASCULAR: "COURAGE" Trial Assessed: New Guidelines for Patients with Stable Coronary Disease?

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine Reporting from American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, March 24-27, 2007 "COURAGE" Trial Assessed: New Guidelines for Patients with Stable Coronary Disease? REFERENCE: ACC 2007 & N Engl J Med 356: March 2007 HARVEY WHITE, Auckland City Hospital The finding from the COURAGE trial: that angioplasty adds no benefits to optimal medical therapy alone for patients with stable coronary disease, should give pause for thought among clinicians all over the world, according to Harvey White, who discussed the new data with Peter Goodwin.