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Morbidity from ischaemic heart disease increases as patients age, and the burden of angina in elderlyindividuals can severely reduce their quality of life. The most common interventions are angioplasty,stenting, and coronary artery bypass grafting. However, the COURAGE trial showed that medicalmanagement had similar outcomes to percutaneous intervention. Several drug options are available formedical management of angina.