title: [Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the indication, optimal time, feasibility, and safety of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
  
  
  METHODS
  The direct PTCA and follow-up on 76 Q-wave type AMI patients were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 79 occlusive coronary arteries in 76 patients. Seventy-eight patients were successfully reperfused and the overall successful rate was 98.7%. Of them 77 were TIMI III and 1 was TIMI II. One case was not reperfused. After the reperfusion, one had an acute reocclusion and one was dead. None of them had the acute cardiac dysfunction and recurrence of AMI after the PTCA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The direct PTCA is feasible and safe of AMI. For the patients whose AMI time is over 24 hours and still with obvious chest pain after the treatment of medicine, the direct PTCA may also be an alternative therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Tian-lun
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chuan-chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-qun
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Pu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome