Patients seldom receive optimal medical therapy before and after percutaneous coronary intervention
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
Despite guideline-based recommendations that underscore the importance of optimal medical therapy (OMT) for patients with stable coronary heart disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), data from a cardiovascular registry indicate that less than half of these patients are receiving OMT before PCI and approximately one-third are not receiving OMT at discharge following PCI, according to a study in the May 11 issue of JAMA.
