title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in Jamaica. Preliminary results.
abstract: This is the first detailed report from the Anglophone Caribbean of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The procedure resulted in complete dilatation of the occluded vessels in the five patients in whom it was undertaken, with significant improvement in exercise duration in the Bruce protocol (p < 0.001; 95% CI 2.5 to 4.1 minutes) in the four patients who were studied. PTCA can be undertaken in developing countries with limited resources, and should be offered to selected patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease who need a revascularisation procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Denbow
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gist
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Vlietstra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged