Long-term prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome and moderate coronary artery stenosis

Cardiology. 2003;99(2):90-5. doi: 10.1159/000069725.

Abstract

We evaluated the clinical outcome and the prognostic factors at 6-year follow-up of patients with acute coronary syndrome without critical coronary arterial narrowing. The mean follow-up was 73 +/- 19 months. Mortality rate was 13%, and 20 patients (12%) had major cardiac event, 8 patients (5%) had stroke and 10 patients (6%) underwent revascularization. Multivariate analysis matched for age and ejection factor showed that moderate disease (stenosis 40-59%) (OR = 2.713, p < 0.024) was an independent predictive factor of major cardiac event.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Angina, Unstable / diagnosis
  • Angina, Unstable / drug therapy
  • Angina, Unstable / epidemiology
  • Aspirin / therapeutic use
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Disease / drug therapy
  • Coronary Disease / epidemiology
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / drug therapy
  • Coronary Stenosis / epidemiology
  • Endpoint Determination
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke Volume / physiology
  • Survival Analysis
  • Syndrome
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Aspirin