European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 4, 2009
European Heart Journal 2009 30(5):524-525; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp027
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A new combination therapy in stable angina pectoris
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
* Corresponding author. Tel: +45 35 31 33 33, Fax: +45 35 31 32 26, Email: ahs@dadlnet.dk
This editorial refers to Efficacy of the If current inhibitor ivabradine in patients with chronic stable angina receiving beta-blocker therapy: a 4-month, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
, by J.-C. Tardif et al. on page 540
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Ischaemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in high, middle, and low income countries.1 The improvement in management and survival of heart disease in the last decades, together with an increasingly ageing population, continues to increase the absolute number of patients with heart disease.1,2 Optimal medical therapy includes satisfactory antianginal therapy and intensive risk factor modification as the first-line treatment in the majority of cases.3 This very large group of patients presents with a natural diversity with regard to symptoms, side effects of medications,
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