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Each year the physician-editors of Journal Watch Cardiology select the stories published during that year that they believe had the greatest impact on cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment. Here are our choices for 2007.
The biggest story of the year was the publication of results from the COURAGE trial: In patients with stable angina and significant coronary stenosis, the 5-year incidence of death or MI of those who were allocated to a percutaneous coronary intervention strategy was similar to that of those who were allocated to a medical-therapy strategy. The study gave support to those who believe that PCI can be safely deferred in these patients.
Safety of drugs and devices was an important topic this year. Concerns about the safety of d…