Initial Coronary Stent Implantation With Medical Therapy vs Medical Therapy alone

Nella malattia coronarica stabile l'impianto di stent non è superiore alla sola terapia medica.

Conclusioni della metanalisi citata: Initial stent implantation for stable CAD shows no evidence of benefit compared with initial medical therapy for prevention of death, nonfatal MI, unplanned revascularization, or angina.

K. Stergiopoulos e D. L. Brown, Initial coronary stent implantation with medical therapy vs medical therapy alone for stable coronary artery disease: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Arch Intern Med, 2012, n. 172, pp. 312-19.