title: Can angiographic findings predict which coronary patients will benefit from enhanced external counterpulsation?
abstract: Enhanced external counterpulsation is an effective treatment for chronic angina. Theoretical considerations predict greatest benefit in patients with at least 1 patent conduit in this group of 50 patients (all of whom improved clinically). Improvement in radionuclide stress perfusion imaging was seen in 80% of treated patients and was inversely related to extent of coronary disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lillis
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Soroff
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D015908:Counterpulsation; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome