title: Salvage coronary angioplasty for symptoms refractory to medical therapy.
abstract: Coronary angioplasty was used without surgical back-up in eight patients with angina refractory to medical therapy. After careful evaluation, none of these patients was felt to be a candidate for elective or emergent bypass surgery. Angioplasty provided a reasonable means of coronary revascularization. In each patient, extenuating clinical circumstances and reduced left ventricular function led to this approach. Angioplasty was angiographically and clinically successful in each patient.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged