title: [Characteristics of coronary artery lesions in patients with painless myocardial ischemia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess extent and localization of coronary artery lesions in patients with painless myocardial ischemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tredmill stress-echocardiograghy, Holter ECG monitoring and coronary angiography were carried out in 59 male patients (age 30-72, mean 54.5 years) with either angina pectoris or painless ischemia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among patients with painless ischemia 50% had 2-vessel disease, mostly with right coronary artery involvement (87.5%) and there was no case of left main stenosis. Patients with angina were characterized by significantly higher index of obstruction (p<0.005) and often had multivessel coronary artery disease (48.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with effort angina compared with those with painless ischemia had more extensive and severe coronary artery involvement while the latter more often had right coronary artery stenoses.
authors.forename: Iu I
authors.initials: IuI
authors.lastname: Buziashvili
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Kabulova
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Khanashvili
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Alekian
authors.forename: E U
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Asymbekova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Staferov
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Shuvaev
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dzhandzhgava
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sinkha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*