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Introduction Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply oxygen and blood to the heart.1 The treadmill test is important to evaluate cardiovascular status and functional capacity in patients with or without CAD. This test is the cheapest and most effective diagnostic tool recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA) for diagnosing CAD for the first time, with a sensitivity of 45% and a specificity of 85%.2,3 After the weight-training test, risk stratification of CAD events can be carried out, either by using the Duke treadmill score (DTS) or the simplified treadmill score (STS). In patients who hav

FREEDOM: CABG beats PCI in diabetes patients with multi-vessel disease Coronary artery by-pass graft (CABG) surgery was associated with better outcomes than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with diabetes with multi-vessel coronary artery disease in the FREEDOM (Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multi-vessel Disease) trial. Senior FREEDOM investigator, Dr Valentin Fuster (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA), said the results (table 1) would change practice. He estimated that patients in this study represent about a quarter of patients undergoing PCI. In