title: Success and complication rates of coronary angioplasty in patients with and without previous myocardial infarction.
abstract: The primary success rate and incidence of major complications have been retrospectively assessed in a consecutive series of 224 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in one centre. The patients have been divided into three groups; those with angina and no previous myocardial infarction (Group 1; N = 130), those with angina and a previous transmural myocardial infarction (TMI) (Group 2; N = 59), and those with angina and a previous non-transmural myocardial infarction (NTMI) (Group 3; N = 26). The three groups were well matched for age, gender and angiographic severity of stenosis. The primary success rate in Group 1 was 90% compared to 64% in Group 2. The success rate in Group 3 lay in between at 77%. The lower success rates in Groups 2 and 3 were mainly due to an increase in the frequency of major complications. Acute coronary occlusion occurred in seven patients in Group 1, nine patients in Group 2 and four patients in Group 3. In all these patients in Groups 2 and 3 the outcome of acute occlusion was a procedure-related clinical myocardial infarction despite immediate re-angioplasty and/or emergency coronary artery bypass grafting whereas only four patients in Group 1 sustained an acute infarct. In this series of patients undergoing coronary angioplasty for symptom limiting angina, previous myocardial infarction appears to be a risk factor for a lower success rate mainly due to an increase in the frequency and severity of major complications.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Shiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy