[The relationship between clinical types of postinfarction angina and stenosis of ischemia-related artery].
OBJECTIVE
To approach the pathogenesis of postinfarction angina and set up its treatment guidelines.


METHODS
67 patients with postinfarction angina undergoing coronary angiography during the hospitalization were studied.


RESULTS
(1) According to the clinical classification of angina pectoris, spontaneous angina is the most common type (43.9%); mixed angina is second (25.7%), effort angina and variant angina are relatively low frequency (16.7% & 13.6%). (2) Stenosis >or= 90% in the ischemia-related artery accounted for the anginal symptoms constituted 100%, 82.8%, 72.7% and 44.4% of the cases with mixed angina, spontaneous angina, effort angina and variant angina respectively. (3) Postinfarction angina caused by non infarction-related artery was relatively less frequent (8.9%).


CONCLUSIONS
Severe residual stenosis of infarction-related artery is the main pathologic factor on the pathogenesis of postinfarction angina, so early interventional therapy or bypass surgery should be taken.
Chen
J
J
Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
Guan
T
T
Chen
J
J
Gao
R
R
Yao
K
K
Yang
Y
Y
Qin
X
X
Qiao
S
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*