All patients with stable coronary artery disease require medical therapy to prevent disease progression and recurrent cardiovascular events. Three classes of medication are essential to therapy: lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, and antiplatelet agents.ll patients with stable CAD require medical therapy to alleviate symptoms, prevent cardiovascular events, and reduce mortality. Almost 17 million patients in the United States have stable CAD, and nearly 800,000 more will experience an initial event each year.
verb (used with object), ratified, ratifying. 1. to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment. 2. to confirm (something done or arranged by an agent or by representatives) by such action. Origin of ratify.
Acceptance or confirmation of an act or agreement that was signed (executed) by the confirming party itself. A treaty, for example, is not enforceable or valid until the ratification process is complete. The ratification of the new contract was postponed for several days when it was found out that the contract contained a loophole that needed to be amended.