# ISCHEMIA main results, NEJM 2020

Publication · id `cardio:pub-ischemia-nejm-2020` · Cardiovascular Atlas · release `f6f6f1b6f50379ed` (public)

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Also called: Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease

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## In plain language

The main results report of the ISCHEMIA trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April 2020. It reports that an initial invasive strategy did not reduce ischemic cardiovascular events or death compared with an initial conservative strategy in people with stable coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia.

## Technical summary

N Engl J Med, 9 April 2020 (PubMed). DOI 10.1056/NEJMoa1915922; PMID 32227755. PubMed lists a PMC copy (PMC7263833) that is not in the PMC Open Access subset, so only the abstract was read. The author list includes the study chair named on the registry, Judith S Hochman.

## Connected pages

- Author; also study chair on the registry record: Judith S. Hochman (`cardio:judith-hochman`)
- Published in: The New England Journal of Medicine (`core:nejm`)
- Reports results of: ISCHEMIA (initial invasive or conservative strategy for stable coronary disease) (`cardio:ischemia-trial`)

## Provenance

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Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14