Percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with formerly "refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease" - not "end-stage" after all

Jax, Thomas W; Peters, Ansgar J; Khattab, Ahmed A; Heintzen, Matthias P; Schoebel, Frank-Chris (2009). Percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with formerly "refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease" - not "end-stage" after all. BMC cardiovascular disorders, 9, p. 42. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2261-9-42

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BACKGROUND: Patients with refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease represent a severe condition with a higher reduction of life-expectancy and quality of life as compared to patients with stable coronary artery disease. It was the purpose of this study to invasively re-evaluate highly symptomatic patients with formerly diagnosed refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease for feasible options of myocardial revascularization. METHODS: Thirty-four patients formerly characterized as having end stage coronary artery disease with refractory angina pectoris were retrospectively followed for coronary interventions. RESULTS: Of those 34 patients 21 (61.8%) were eventually revascularized with percutaneous interventional revascularization (PCI). Due to complex coronary morphology (angulation, chronic total occlusion) PCI demanded an above-average amount of time (66 +/- 42 minutes, range 25-206 minutes) and materials (contrast media 247 +/- 209 ml, range 50-750 ml; PCI guiding wires 2.0 +/- 1.4, range 1-6 wires). Of PCI patients 7 (33.3%) showed a new lesion as a sign of progression of atherosclerosis. Clinical success rate with a reduction to angina class II or lower was 71.4% at 30 days. Surgery was performed in a total of8 (23.5%) patients with a clinical success rate of 62.5%. Based on an intention-to-treat 2 patients of originally 8 (25%) demonstrated clinical success. Mortality during follow-up (1-18 months) was 4.8% in patients who underwent PCI, 25% in patients treated surgically and 25% in those only treated medically. CONCLUSION: The majority of patients with end-stage coronary artery disease can be treated effectively with conventional invasive treatment modalities. Therefore even though it is challenging and demanding PCI should be considered as a first choice before experimental interventions are considered.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Khattab, Ahmed Aziz

ISSN:

1471-2261

ISBN:

19715566

Publisher:

BioMed Central

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:09

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:21

Publisher DOI:

10.1186/1471-2261-9-42

PubMed ID:

19715566

Web of Science ID:

000270296500001

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.30264

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/30264 (FactScience: 191623)

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