[Progression of coronary arteriosclerosis based on the data from repeat coronary angiography and the clinical course of ischemic heart disease]. / Progressirovanie ateroskleroza koronarnykh arterii serdtsa po dannym povtornoi koronarografii i klinicheskoe techenie ishemicheskoi bolezni serdtsa.

ABSTRACT

The clinical and instrumental studies data are compared with the repeated coronarography data in 16 patients with coronary heart disease associated with stable angina pectoris. Repeated coronarography was performed within 4 to 8 years (5.2 years on the average). In 14 out of the 16 patients (87.5%), repeated coronarography revealed the development of coronary atherosclerosis which was accompanied clinically by the patients' status deterioration, the decreased exercise tolerance, the occurrence of new cases of myocardial infarction, appearance of the symptoms of heart insufficiency and heart rhythm disorders.