title: Five- to ten-year outcome after multivessel percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
abstract: The early and late outcome of patients who underwent multivessel percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in a 1-stage procedure are described, and the predictors for clinical event and new revascularization procedure are identified. Of 1,937 patients treated by PTCA between 1981 and 1986, 203 (10.4%) had multivessel PTCA in a 1-step procedure. A follow-up extending to 71 +/- 23 months was obtained in 195 patients (96%). Primary success was achieved in 91% of 494 attempted sites, and complete revascularization in 65% of 203 patients. There were no in-hospital deaths. Acute complications occurred in 13 patients (6.4%), including non-Q-wave (n = 8) and Q-wave (n = 5) infarction, and urgent coronary artery bypass surgery (n = 3). Before PTCA, 126 patients (62%) were in class III or IV of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society classification; at follow-up, 84% were angina-free or in class I. Death occurred in 14 patients and nonfatal myocardial infarction in 18. Angiographic restenosis was diagnosed in 37.2% of dilated lesions in 96 patients (60% of 159 restudied). A repeat revascularization procedure for restenosis or progression of disease, or both, was needed in 92 symptomatic patients (47%). The survival rate at 7 years without the need for surgery or PTCA was 53%, and cardiac survival without myocardial infarction was 85.5%. The only independent predictor of cardiac death was ejection fraction (p < 0.001). The rate of restenosis per patient was primarily determined by the number of segments dilated, whereas progression of disease was related to the number of nonsignificant coronary artery stenoses (< 50%) at baseline (p < 0.02).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Le Feuvre
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Bonan
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Côté
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Crépeau
authors: P
authors: P
authors: De Guise
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Lespérance
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Théroux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome