title: [6 months' results of coronary angioplasty after thrombolysis of myocardial infarction].
abstract: Transluminal coronary angioplasty (TCA) has become the treatment of choice of residual stenosis after thrombolysis for myocardial infarction, but the long-term results of TCA are imperfectly evaluated. Seventy patients underwent TCA after thrombolysis on account of a significant (greater than 50 p. 100) residual stenosis of the artery responsible for the infarction. TCA was performed less than 6 hours after the onset of symptoms in 15 patients who had neither clinical nor electrocardiographic evidence of reperfusion; 4 of these patients were in a state of cardiogenic shock. In the remaining patients TCA was performed 1 to 10 days (mean 3.2 days) after thrombolysis. A primary success was obtained in 64 patients (91 p. 100). Two patients had emergency aorto-coronary bypass. During their stay in hospital, 5 patients presented with symptoms of reocclusion which in 4 of them occurred less than 24 hours after TAC, and 2 of these 4 patients had to be reoperated upon; 2 patients died suddenly. During a 6 to 18 months' follow-up period (mean 10.5 months), the infarction recurred in 3 patients; the recurrence took place during the 3rd month in 2 of them (1 had another thrombolysis and later TAC) and during the 6th month in the third one. At 6 months, 4 patients were suffering from exertion angina and 2 asymptomatic patients had a positive exercise test. Fifty-two control coronary arteriographies were performed at 6 months. Thirteen patients (25 p. 100) had an occluded artery which was clinically silent in 11; 39 patients had a patent artery with restenosis in 7.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, CHU Henri-Mondor, Créteil.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dubois-Randé
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geschwind
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boesch
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Duval-Moulin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scherman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lellouche
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roudot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castaigne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents
vernacular_title: Résultats à six mois de l'angioplastie coronaire faite après thrombolyse pour un infarctus du myocarde.