The sole exception to this approach might possibly be the small number of patients who initially presented with both proximal LAD disease and either class III or IV stable angina or unstable angina, because eventually over 5 years 71% of these patients underwent revascularization. But these patients constituted only 2% of the total group studied, Dr. Krone noted. In general, more severe angina or stenosis was uncommon in these patients: Some 41% had no angina and 45% had class I or II angina at baseline, and 87% were free of proximal LAD disease at baseline.
Dr. Krone said that he had no disclosures.