Wrong statement about angioplasty – MCQ – Answer

Wrong statement about angioplasty – MCQ – Answer

Which of the following statements about percutaneous coronary interventions in coronary artery disease is wrong? Correct answer: a) Well known to improve survival in chronic stable angina

Though elective angioplasty in chronic stable angina is good to provide symptomatic relief studies are yet to prove its superiority over medical treatment for improving survival in chronic stable angina.

In those with severe triple vessel disease, left main coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction, coronary artery bypass grafting using an arterial graft (usually left internal mammary artery) provides better long term results. Of course, early morbidity is more for bypass surgery.

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