title: [Complex coronary angioplasty. II. Dilatation of the multiple lesions in stenosis of one or several coronary vessels].
abstract: Angioplasty (PTCA) was successfully performed in 404 (94%) of 428 patients. Two lesions were attempted in 74%, 3 in 21% and 4 or more in 6% of cases. Significant complications included: 11 (2.5%) transmural infarctions, 9 (2.1%) emergency surgeries, and 6 (1.4%) mortalities. A lesion recurrence occurred in 106 (26%) of 404 patients with 81 (91%) of 89 patients having a successful 2nd PTCA. A 2nd recurrence occurred in 15 (19%) of 81 patients with 13 of 15 patients having a successful 3rd PTCA. Followup (mean: 28.3 months) showed an improved anginal status in 83% of patients. The probability of survival at 51 months was 93%. Multiple lesion PTCA in carefully selected patients has a good success rate and an acceptable complication rate.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorros
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mathiak
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D014922:Wisconsin
vernacular_title: Kompleksnaia koronarnaia angioplastika. II. Dilatatsiia mnozhestvennykh porazheniĭ pri stenoze odnogo ili neskol'kikh koronarnykh sosudov.