Compared with medical therapy alone, revascularization also provided greater freedom from angina, but revascularization did not improve survival or MI risk and showed increased risk of procedural MI.

A meta-analysis shows that routine revascularization for stable angina was associated with a lower risk of non-procedural myocardial infarction (MI) and unstable angina, and greater freedom from angina. However, routine revascularization did not improve survival at a mean follow-up of 4.5 years, according to late-breaking trial results presented Friday at the PCR e-Course.