title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of one vessel for refractory unstable angina pectoris: efficacy in single and multivessel disease.
abstract: Forty patients with unstable angina refractory to medical treatment had one vessel percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to the most stenotic lesion in a major coronary artery. The procedure was successful in 35 patients, and the remaining five patients underwent emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The initial success rate (84%) for the 16 patients with single or the 19 patients with multivessel disease (90%) was similar. At early follow up (average nine days) all patients with successful angioplasty remained symptomatically improved; 10 patients (83%) with single and 10 patients (63%) with multivessel disease had negative treadmill stress tests. Five of six cardiac events occurred within the intermediate (average 11 months) follow up period; two patients had recurrent refractory unstable angina, two had angioplasty for progression of disease in a vessel not previously treated by angioplasty, and one had bypass graft surgery. During late (average 26 months) follow up one patient had a non-fatal myocardial infarction while seven patients (58%) with single vessel disease and nine patients (75%) with multivessel disease had negative stress tests; 29 of 40 patients showed long term improvement.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Wyeth
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kolath
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gimenez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Franciosa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence