Unstable Angina: Guidelines for Therapy Based on the Last Decade of Clinical Observations
Authors: B. GREG BROWN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1982)

Editorials1 December 1982Unstable Angina: Guidelines for Therapy Based on the Last Decade of Clinical ObservationsB. GREG BROWN, M.D., PH.D., HAROLD T. DODGE, M.D.B. GREG BROWN, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD T. DODGE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-6-921 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe prognosis and best therapy for unstable angina, a diagnostic label that has been applied to a spectrum of clinical presentations in patients with (and without) coronary disease, have been controversial. The problem developed because of the heterogeneity of patient selection and the variety of diagnostic and therapeutic options. In 1972, the Unstable Angina Pectoris Study Group, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, set out to evaluate objectively the types of therapy (1). The Group's definition of unstable angina was narrow enough to exclude most patients with noncardiac causes of chest pain and yet broad enough to...References1. Unstable angina pectoris. National cooperative study group to compare medical and surgical therapy: I. Report of protocol and patient population. Am J Cardiol. 1976;37:896-902. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Unstable angina pectoris. National cooperative study group to compare medical and surgical therapy: IV. Results in patients with left anterior descending disease. Am J Cardiol. 1981;48:517-24. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RAFFLENBEULSMITHROGERSMANTLERACKLEYRUSSELL WLWJCR. Quantitative coronary arteriography: coronary anatomy of patients with unstable angina pectoris reexamined 1 year after optimal medical therapy. Am J Cardiol. 1979;43:699-707. 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