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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in 42 patients with effort angina, 28 (67%) of them underwent successful angioplasty. Treadmill exercise testing, thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy and radionuclide ventriculography were performed before and after PTCA for evaluation of the improvement of myocardial ischemia and left ventricular function at rest and during exercise. The average exercise duration by treadmill testing in 14 successful cases increased from 14 +/- 4 (mean +/- S.D.) to 16 +/- 2 minutes (p less than 0.05). Sixteen of 28 the patients were studied by thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy. Before PTCA, regions of decreased thallium-201 uptake after exercise were observed in 12 of the 16 patients. After angioplasty, no distinct defects were recognizable in 9 of the 12 patients, and in the remaining three, a significant decrease in defects was recognized. Fifteen of the 28 patients were studied by radionuclide ventriculography. The mean ejection fraction was 61 +/- 5% at rest and 56 +/- 11% during exercise (N.S.) before PTCA. After angioplasty, the ejection fraction was unchanged at rest (61 +/- 5 to 62 +/- 4%), but increased significantly during exercise (62 +/- 4 to 74 +/- 4%, p less than 0.001). In conclusion, left ventricular function was improved by successful PTCA due to improvement of myocardial ischemia. The long term results require further study.
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