Noninvasive and invasive demonstration of spontaneous regression of coronary artery disease.
Spontaneous regression of a left anterior descending coronary artery lesion was diagnosed by noninvasive testing (stress electrocardiography and thallium-201 myocardial imaging) and confirmed on selective coronary angiography in a 46-year-old man. The patient's clinical improvement, normalization of stress ECG and thallium-201 imaging, together with the loss of collateral filling, confirm that the regression is genuine. This case provides evidence that regression of coronary atherosclerosis can occur in man.
D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013997:Time Factors