Management and clinical outcome of stable coronary artery disease in Austria : Results from 5 years of the CLARIFY registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The population of patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD) is growing because of an improvement in outcomes and survival from acute disease episodes. Nevertheless, these patients remain at high risk of cardiovascular events. Thus, CAD management is important in prevention of disease progression. The objective of this analysis was to describe disease management and clinical outcome of Austrian outpatients with stable CAD over 5 years by using data from the international CLARIFY registry.

Methods

CLARIFY was an international prospective observational registry of outpatients with stable CAD, defined as prior myocardial infarction or revascularization (CABG or PCI), coronary stenosis of more than 50% by coronary angiography or chest pain with myocardial

SUBMITTER: Lang IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860132 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature