[Results of a 2-year prospective study of patients with ischemic heart disease with stable angina pectoris].

Data of dynamic control of 278 coronary patients with stable angina pectoris are presented. Coronarography was performed in all cases to determine changes in the heart coronary arteries which were of varying markedness. The anginal syndrome, ECG at rest, exercise tolerance, incidence of myocardial infarction and mortality rate were assessed after one and two years of dynamic observation. The incidence of nonfatal myocardial infarction was estimated at an average of 6.3% per year, whereas the mortality rate was 3.8%. The prognosis for patients with stenosing coronary atherosclerosis depends on the number of affected coronary arteries, the functional class of angina pectoris and exercise tolerance. Data on the efficiency of long-term pharmacological treatment of patients with stable angina and stenosing coronary atherosclerosis are obtained.