[State of the distal bed of the cardiac coronary arteries in ischemic heart disease].

The condition of the distal bed of the cardiac coronary arteries was studied in 150 patients with ischemic heart disease. It proved to be affected with stenotic atherosclerosis in 20,6% of cases. The distal bed in patients with the chronic stage of ischemic heart disease hardly differed from that in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Total revascularization may be accomplished in 33% of cases with affection of three vessels of the cardiac coronary bed with stenotic atherosclerosis and in 96,5% of cases with affection of one vessel.