Secondary prevention drug therapy of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction

Abstract

The Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Russia’s Ministry of Health The article tells about current trends in drug therapy for patients with stable coronary artery disease; mechanisms of action of drugs of different groups; data on efficacy of drugs in the reduction of clinical manifestations of the disease and mitigation of factors of cardiovascular events - myocardial infarction and mortality.

Keywords

• ишемическая болезнь сердца
• стабильная стенокардия
• инфаркт миокарда
• медикаментозное лечение
• прогноз
• coronary heart disease
• stable angina
• myocardial infarction
• drug treatment
• prognosis