Comparison of the data of intravital selective coronarography with anatomical studies of the coronary vessles
Ioseliani, D.G.; Petrosian, I.S.; Krymskiĭ, L.D.
Kardiologiia 15(6): 34-37
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 1185948 Document Number: 83360
A comparison of the data of intravital selective coronary angiography and of the anatomic study of the coronaries conducted in 30 patients with ischaemic heart disease was made. Intravital selective coronary angiography gives precise information about the localization and extent of the coronary pathology in 89.4% of the cases. In 10.6% of the cases discrepancies were found between the data of intravital coronary angiography and of the anatomic studies. The causes of such discrepancies may be: diffuse lesion, beginning with the ostium of the vessel, excentric location of the vascular lumen in case of its atherosclerotic changes, as well as the fact that the commonly used projections for coronary angiography are not always optimum for detecting the changes in the coronary arteries.