Long-term follow-up after coronary angioplasty in patients younger than 40 years of age.

Over an 11-year period, the initial and late outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were studied in 140 consecutive patients younger than 40 years of age (mean, 34 +/- 3 years; range, 23 to 39 years; 132 men). Before the procedure, 28% of the patients had unstable angina, and 44% had a history of prior myocardial infarction. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 64% +/- 10%, and 75% of the patients had one-vessel disease.

[Immediate and long-term results of coronary transluminal angioplasty in patients under 35 years of age].

Over an eleven year period, 57 patients under 35 years of age underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The features of the study population were: 55 men and 2 women, average age 32 +/- 3 years; unstable angina in 30%, previous myocardial infarction in 53%, average left ventricular ejection fraction 59 +/- 12%, single vessel disease in 84%. A total of 63 vessels were dilated.