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- Title
Isolated Nondominant Right Coronary Stenosis: Clinical Presentation and Management.
- Authors
Ilia, Reuben; Cafri, Carlos; Wolak, Arik; Weinstein, Jean Marc
- Abstract
The frequency, clinical presentation, and management of severely stenotic isolated nondominant right coronary artery (NDRCA) have not been adequately defined. We sought to do so in a large cohort of patients undergoing coronary angiography. We retrospectively analyzed all patients who underwent coronary angiography in our institute between 1995 and June 2012, looking at those with a severe lesion in the NDRCA, recording demographic, clinical, and angiographic data. Of the 43 327 patients, 35 (0.08%) were found to have a severely stenotic NDRCA as a single-vessel disease. The most common indication for catheterization was acute coronary syndrome (49%). Most of the patients were managed conservatively (66%) and the entire group had a relatively benign course, with no coronary deaths. Severe stenosis of the NDRCA as isolated disease is a very rare entity, and although most commonly presenting with acute coronary syndrome, conservative management was the usual approach.
- Subjects
DISEASE management; CHI-squared test; CORONARY artery stenosis; LONGITUDINAL method; EVALUATION of medical care; T-test (Statistics); TRANSLUMINAL angioplasty; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Angiology, 2013, Vol 64, Issue 7, p512
- ISSN
0003-3197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0003319712465486