title: [Long-term results of elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. A clinico-angiography study of 289 consecutive patients].
abstract: 289 consecutive patients (255 male, 34 female, 50 +/- 6 years) had an elective single-vessel-PTCA between October 1978 and March 1983. A clinical long-term follow-up was obtained after 4.7 (3-10) years. The PTCA success-rate was 73% with a non steerable balloon catheter being used in 95% of the cases. For 271/289 patients with follow-up (94%), the 56-month-survival rate was 96%, the incidence of non-fatal myocardial infarctions 11%, and the need for a second intervention (PTCA and/or bypass surgery) was 39%. The most favorable long-term outcome was observed in patients without need of a second intervention (97% survival, 7% non-fatal myocardial infarction, 83% without cardiac complaints during everyday life), and in patients with elective bypass surgery after an unsuccessful PTCA (100% survival, 5% myocardial infarction). 32/138 (23%) of patients without a second intervention during follow-up underwent an angiographic control after an average of 4.7 years. In comparison with the first follow-up angiogram 6 months after PTCA, the mean residual stenosis at the PTCA-site showed a slight decrease. It is concluded that PTCA offers good clinical and angio-graphic long-term results in single-vessel disease, with an excellent prognosis of patients without need for a second intervention.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I, RWTH, Aachen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: vom Dahl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uebis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Effert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cramer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cramer
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nase-Hüppmeier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erbel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanrath
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Langzeitresultate nach elektiver perkutaner transluminaler Koronarangioplastie (PTCA). Eine klinisch-angiographische Studie mit 289 konsekutiven Patienten.