ANGIOGRAPHIC PREVALENCE OF HIGH-RISK CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENT SUBSETS (CASS)
ANGIOGRAPHIC PREVALENCE OF HIGH-RISK CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENT SUBSETS (CASS)
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.64.2.360
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
KILLIP, T
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作者:
CHAITMAN, BR;BOURASSA, MG;KILLIP, T
The prevalence of coronary artery stenoses .gtoreq. 70% or left main stenosis .gtoreq. 50% was evaluated in 20,391 patients who underwent angiography in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study. After the patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction were excluded, the disease prevalence in the 8157 patients with definite angina, probable angina and nonspecific chest pain was 93, 66 and 14% in men and 72, 36 and 6% in women, respectively (P < 0.001). The age and sex of the patients and character of chest pain were important determinants of disease prevalence and severity. Left main or 3-vessel coronary disease occurred in > 50% of middle-aged men and older women with definite angina and in > 50% of men who had probable angina and were older than 60 yr of age. Left main coronary disease occurred in < 2% of 1282 men and < 1% of 1397 women with nonspecific chest pain regardless of age. In this latter patient subset, < 5% of men and < 1% of women in each decade under 60 yr had left main or 3-vessel coronary artery disease. High-risk coronary disease is common in middle-aged patients with definite angina and older patients with probable angina, but is rare in patients with nonspecific chest pain. Indications and guidelines for diagnostic noninvasive tests and coronary angiography could be based on these results.