Therapy of Coronary Heart Disease - Current Standpoint. Conservative Medical Therapy vs. PTCA/ STENT and CABG (Bypass Surgery)

The treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) encompasses many strategies all of which aim to improve symptoms and prognosis. While in the acute coronary syndrome, early revascularisation (usually by means of PCI and stent implantation) is the urgent goal of treatment, drug therapy initially has only a supportive role here but is also important for improving prognosis. The situation is reversed i...