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title: ""Patients with severe but stable heart disease who are treated with…"
date: 2021-01-02
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# "Patients with severe but stable heart disease who are treated with…

*January 2, 2021 · Facebook*

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[https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/11/invasive-heart-treatments-not-always-needed.html](https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/11/invasive-heart-treatments-not-always-needed.html){target="_blank"}
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\"Patients with severe but stable heart disease who are treated with medications and lifestyle advice alone are no more at risk of a heart attack or death than those who undergo invasive surgical procedures, according to a large, federally funded clinical trial led by researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine and New York University's medical school.\
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The trial did show, however, that among patients with coronary artery disease who also had symptoms of angina --- chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart --- treatment with invasive procedures, such as stents or bypass surgery, was more effective at relieving symptoms and improving quality of life.\"\
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[https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/11/invasive-heart-treatments-not-always-needed.html](https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/11/invasive-heart-treatments-not-always-needed.html){target="_blank"}
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