Can angiographic findings predict which coronary patients will benefit from enhanced external counterpulsation?
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.
Lawson
W E
WE
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
Hui
J C
JC
Zheng
Z S
ZS
Burger
L
L
Jiang
L
L
Lillis
O
O
Soroff
H S
HS
Cohn
P F
PF
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