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.
Proposing an amendment means Congress requesting the states to vote on adding an amendment to the Constitution. The states then vote in favor of (or not) the issue of the amendment being added to the Constitution (ratification - agreeing with Congress that it should be added). So.......... proposing is a function of Congress, ratification is a function of the states. Any senator or congressman can propose an amendment to the constitution but it will require a yes vote by 2/3 vote for both houses and 3/4 of the state legislatures to ratify or approve the amendment.