A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Luciana Oliveira Cascaes Dourado
, Cristian Paul Delgado Moreno, Sarah Fagundes Grobe, Luis Henrique Wolff Gowdak
, Luiz Antonio Machado Cesar
Luciana Oliveira Cascaes Dourado
, Cristian Paul Delgado Moreno, Sarah Fagundes Grobe, Luis Henrique Wolff Gowdak
, Luiz Antonio Machado Cesar
Introduction Refractory angina (RA), an extremely debilitating condition, requires specialized medical treatment with often complex therapeutic adjustments in an attempt to improve symptoms and quality of life as much as possible. Medical treatment usually comprises a combination of antianginal drugs (AAD). Among them, trimetazidine (T) and ranolazine (R) are an add-on therapy due to their efficacy and safety profile in the treatment of patients with RA. – However, in the recent “diamond approach”, depicting preferred combinations of different classes of […]
Keywords: Coronary Artery Disease; Drug Therapy; Ranolazine/therapeutic use; Refractory Angina; Trimetazidine/therapeutic use