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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Emergency coronary angiography was performed in 188 patients with treatment-resistant unstable angina. Criteria analysed were: duration of angina less than 72 h; angina despite heparin and nitroglycerin infusion; no significant S-T segment elevation in the ECG; creatine-kinase rise up to 150 U/l. Coronary heart disease (CHD) was found in 130 patients (group A). In 47 of them a recent coronary occlusion was demonstrated angiographically (main stem: 1; anterior interventricular branch: 8; circumflex branch: 27; right coronary artery: 11 patients). An at least 90% occlusion of one coronary artery was found in 58 patients. A 75% stenosis of several vessels was found in 25 patients making it impossible to identify the vessel that had caused the angina. A bypass operation was performed in 62 patients within two weeks. During the acute coronary angiography, intracoronary streptokinase infusion was performed in 11 (success rate 55%), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in 26 (success rate 88%). In 58 patients (group B) CHD was excluded. The final diagnosis in these was: mitral valve prolapse (31); pericarditis (6), dilated cardiomyopathy (3); coronary anomaly (3); muscle bridge in the anterior interventricular branch (2): normal (13). Conclusion: It is not possible to decide with certainty, in the absence of typical infarction signs in the ECG and clinically, whether treatment-resistant angina is due to CHD or other causes. Acute coronary angiography is indicated in such cases, because even without S-T segment elevation an acute coronary occlusion is present in 25%, and in 50% of cases an acute therapeutic intervention is indicated.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
[Acute coronary angiography in therapy-refractory angina pectoris].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract