title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Between 1986 and 1991, direct coronary angioplasty was attempted in 79 patients. The procedure was successful in 76 patients (96%), unsuccessful without complications in 2 patients, and major complications occurred in 1 patient (ventricular fibrillation and cardiogenic shock). Reperfusion was obtained from 1 to 7.5 hours (mean: 3.3 +/- 1.3 hours) after the onset of chest pain. Among the 76 successfully dilated patients, there was one cardiac death and 68 had predischarge angiography (64 patent, 2 stenosed, and 2 occluded). Although only 33 of the 58 patients (57%) angiographically followed after discharge showed persistence of primary patency, 52 of the 57 (91%) followed further obtained final patency when angioplasty was repeated up to 4 times. These results indicate that direct angioplasty in the community hospital setting can achieve a high primary success rate and a low reocclusion rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Bokuto Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitazume
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ageishi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kubo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome