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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: report from the Registry of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6211084     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Data have been collected from 34 centers in the United States and Europe performing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty since September 1977. The procedure was carried out in 631 patients, with an average age of 51 years (range 23 to 76), of whom 80 percent had single vessel coronary disease, 17 percent had double or triple vessel disease and 3 percent had stenosis of the left main coronary artery. Coronary angioplasty was successful (greater than 20 percent decrease of coronary stenosis) in 59 percent of the stenosed arteries. The mean degree of stenosis was reduced from 83 to 31 percent. Emergency coronary bypass operation was required in 40 patients (6 percent). Myocardial infarction occurred in 29 patients (4 percent). In-hospital death occurred in six patients (1 percent), three with single vessel and three with multivessel disease. Ninety-one patients have been followed up for at least 1 year after coronary angioplasty. Of the 65 patients with an initially successful angioplasty, 83 percent were in improved condition compared with their status before angioplasty. Thus, the initial satisfactory results obtained in a few centers have now been confirmed in many centers using transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Authors:
K M Kent; L G Bentivoglio; P C Block; M J Cowley; G Dorros; A J Gosselin; A Gruntzig; R K Myler; J Simpson; S H Stertzer; D O Williams; L Fisher; M J Gillespie; K Detre; S Kelsey; S M Mullin; M B Mock
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of cardiology     Volume:  49     ISSN:  0002-9149     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  1982 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1982-07-22     Completed Date:  1982-07-22     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0207277     Medline TA:  Am J Cardiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2011-20     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon* / mortality
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Disease / mortality,  therapy*
Coronary Vessels*
Europe
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)*
Registries
United States

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