title: Outcome of patients with stable angina pectoris treated with or without percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To assess the outcome of patients with stable angina pectoris treated with percutaneous coronary intervention versus medically treated patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty patients with stable angina pectoris and coronary stenosis as confirmed in coronary angiography were treated with (n = 31) or without (n = 49) percutaneous coronary intervention in our department. All patients received optimal medical therapy and were followed up for a period of 24 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Baseline clinical characteristics, including risk factors of coronary heart disease and coronary lesion type did not differ between the two groups (all p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in major adverse cardiac events (22.4% vs. 22.6%) during the 24 month follow-up between the two groups (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Percutaneous coronary intervention did not provide extra benefit in this group of patients with stable angina pectoris receiving standard medical treatment in terms of 24 months major adverse outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Puai Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. yegu2003cn@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yongjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Liqun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Lun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome