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Medical Treatments Best First-Line of Defense for Stable Coronary Disease

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plus optimal medical therapy does not improve outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease, compared with optimal medical therapy alone, according to study results presented at the 56th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans.

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