Korean Circ J.  1990 Sep;20(3):298-304. 10.4070/kcj.1990.20.3.298.

The Experience of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) on the 25 Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

• Rhee KJ
• Choi SK
• Yoo WS
• Suh SK
• Choi IS
• Park JE

• KMID: 1938093
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1990.20.3.298

Abstract

PTCA has been widely applied in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease since 1977. The PTCA was performed on a total of 25 patients (19 men and 6 women) from Feburary 1988 to January 1990 at Inje University Baik Hospital. Their mean age was 51.4+/-10.1 years. The 20 patients had unstable angina, and 5 patients had stable angina. The 6 patients had a previous myocardial infarction. The 17 patients had one vessel disease, 6 patients had two vessel disease and 2 patients had three vessel disease. Primary success was achieved in 24 of 25 patients. The mean degree of stenosis was reduced from 80.7+/-2.9% to 16.2+/-3.3% (p<0.01). After PTCA, pain was relieved or subsided in all patients. In 6 patients, mild chest pain has reccured during the short term follow up. Repeat PTCA was performed in 2 of 6 patients successfully. Complications occurred in 3 patients ; coronary artery spasm, ventricular fibrillation and femoral artery hematoma in each patients.

Keyword

Coronary artery disease; PTCA

MeSH Terms

Angina, Stable
Angina, Unstable
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
Arteries
Chest Pain
Constriction, Pathologic
Coronary Artery Disease*
Coronary Vessels*
Femoral Artery
Follow-Up Studies
Hematoma
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction
Spasm
Ventricular Fibrillation