title: [Coronary angioplasty in the treatment of threatening extension of myocardial infarction].
abstract: Recurrent angina with reversible ECG changes within days of a myocardial infarction is a serious clinical entity associated with a high incidence of reinfarction and death. In this study, we report a one-year experience of the treatment and outcome of patients presenting early post-myocardial infarction angina. Out of 32 patients who underwent coronary angiography, 3 were treated medically, 4 were operated upon and 25 had coronary angioplasty at the same time as coronary angiography with a 100 p. 100 immediate success rate. Four early reocclusions were redilated successfully. While in hospital 3 of these 32 patients had myocardial infarct extension (very moderate in 2 cases with CPK less than 500 and a patent artery), and there was no death. During an 8-month follow-up period there were 3 late deaths and 2 reinfarctions; 4 patients were operated upon and 4 were redilated. Thus, angioplasty has a high success rate in early post-myocardial infarction angina, enabling most patients to get through an unstable phase. In some patients, however, the course of the disease is marred by secondary adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Centre cardiologique du Nord, Saint-Denis.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morice
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Achard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Langenhagen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maitre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenblat
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Royer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Apport de l'angioplastie coronaire dans le traitement de la menace d'extension d'infarctus.