title: Management standards for stable coronary artery disease in India.
abstract: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the important causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality globally, giving rise to more than 7 million deaths annually. An increasing burden of CAD in India is a major cause of concern with angina being the leading manifestation. Stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) is characterised by episodes of transient central chest pain (angina pectoris), often triggered by exercise, emotion or other forms of stress, generally triggered by a reversible mismatch between myocardial oxygen demand and supply resulting in myocardial ischemia or hypoxia. A stabilised, frequently asymptomatic phase following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is also classified as SCAD. This definition of SCAD also encompasses vasospastic and microvascular angina under the common umbrella.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. Electronic address: sundeepmishraihj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: AMRI Hospital, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Saumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.affiliation: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Jamshed J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: J P S
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sawhney
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.affiliation: PRS Hospital, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: Tiny
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Manipal Hospital, Bangalore 560038, India.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Bahl
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Developing countries; Guidelines; Management standards; Practice guidelines; Stable CAD; Treatment algorithms