Abstract:The management of coronary disease constitutes a key clinical issue today. Both silent ischemia and
angina are part of the broad spectrum of ischemia. Angina may be only the tip of the iceberg with frequent and
prolonged episodes of silent ischemia present below the conscious surface. They both identify individuals with
coronary disease who are at increased risk of having adverse cardiac events. To justify changing our approach to
patient management, we require good evidence that the strategy of detecting and … Show more
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