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  • Title: Identifying patients at high risk for restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for unstable angina pectoris.
    Author: Halon DA, Merdler A, Shefer A, Flugelman MY, Lewis BS.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1989 Aug 01; 64(5):289-93. PubMed ID: 2526992.
    Abstract:
    To study the determinants of late restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) performed in patients with unstable angina pectoris, a prospective study was undertaken in 90 patients. Primary PTCA success was achieved in 84 (93%) patients, dilating 116 of 118 coronary narrowings (1.4/patient), while major complications during PTCA occurred in only 1 patient (1 death). Eighty-two patients (114 dilated arteries) were followed for 25 +/- 11 months: 68 (83%) were in New York Heart Association functional class I or II, 11 (13%) in class III, and there were 3 deaths. Late restenosis was found in 16 (25%) of 65 lesions (29% of 49 patients) studied by angiography 9 +/- 7 months after PTCA. Restenosis was more frequent in left anterior descending coronary artery lesions (p = 0.07) and in those which at the time of PTCA had multiple irregularities (67 vs 14%, odds ratio 12.5, p = 0.002), decreased coronary perfusion (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction grade less than 3) (50 vs 15%, odds ratio 5.7, p = 0.02) or intraluminal thrombus (67 vs 19%, odds ratio 8.7, difference not significant). Multiple irregularities (p = 0.003) and decreased flow (p = 0.02) remained independent predictors of restenosis (goodness of fit 0.88) after adjustment for 12 pre- and peri-PTCA clinical and angiographic variables by logistic regression analysis. These data underline the feasibility of early revascularization by PTCA in patients with unstable angina pectoris. Careful follow-up should be instituted in patients with multiple irregular lesions, decreased coronary perfusion or intraluminal thrombus at the time of PTCA. In such patients, late restenosis may be the rule rather than the exception.
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