Savchenko A P, Smirnov A A, Shibleva V V, Ishanov A A, Karpov Iu A
Kardiologiia. 1992 Jan;32(1):25-8.
The coronary bed was qualitatively and quantitatively examined in 41 patients with unstable angina pectoris. The patients were divided into two groups: (1) those with uncomplicated angina and (2) those with complicated angina in relation of follow-up (mean 3.1 +/- 0.8 years) findings. In patients with a poor coronary heart disease outcome a symptom-related lesion was more frequently located mainly in the left coronary trunk during clinical manifestations of unstable angina pectoris, along with more severe overall lesion in the coronary bed. They had also higher incidence rates of complicated lesions and higher values of three quantitative parameters (stenosis extent, the mean and proper diameters of a stenotic segment in the symptom-related vessel) determined by semiautomatic stenosis configuration analysis.
