Clinical success after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty failure for unstable angina.
We report a patient who had an asymptomatic total occlusion of a left anterior descending coronary artery after PTCA for unstable angina. A clinical success with a negative maximal exercise test and absence of symptoms after PTCA can not be presumed to correlate with coronary patency.
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000601:surgery*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male