Management of Stable Coronary Disease.

This article presents the second of three physician responses to a hypothetical case in this issue of a 65-year-old diabetic, overweight man who has been diagnosed with coronary heart disease. This physician believes the patient would get a greater benefit from revascularization than he would from medical therapy. The author believes the disease of the left anterior descending coronary artery is most likely responsible for the onset of symptoms and suggests a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) be performed with the placement of a drug-eluting stent.