A 52-year-old man with stable exertional chest pain has angiographically proven coronary artery disease without prior MI. He is on aspirin and atorvas...

Question

A 52-year-old man with stable exertional chest pain has angiographically proven coronary artery disease without prior MI. He is on aspirin and atorvastatin. Which medication is recommended as first-line antianginal therapy for symptom control in stable angina, assuming no contraindications?

Accepted Answer

A beta blocker such as metoprolol

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Short-acting sublingual glyceryl trinitrate alone as required

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A long-acting nitrate as sole regular therapy

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A non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker such as verapamil

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Ivabradine as monotherapy

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Stable angina pectoris

A 52-year-old man with stable exertional chest pain has angiographically proven coronary artery disease without prior MI. He is on aspirin and atorvastatin. Which medication is recommended as first-line antianginal therapy for symptom control in stable angina, assuming no contraindications?