Why the study?
Does coronary cineangiography accurately assess the severity of coronary artery lesions compared to postmortem findings in patients with coronary artery disease?
Population
28 consecutive patients with coronary artery disease who died following coronary artery grafting and within…
Comparison
Coronary cineangiography vs Postmortem examination (autopsy)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
within 30 days of previous coronary cineangiogram
Authors
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Angiography may underestimate lesion severity in select CAD cases; hypothesis-generating for additional projections to reduce incomplete revascularization.
Does coronary cineangiography accurately assess the severity of coronary artery lesions compared to postmortem findings in patients with coronary artery disease?
Significant discrepancies exist between cineangiography and postmortem findings in assessing coronary artery lesion severity, suggesting the need for additional sagittal plane projections during angiography to prevent incomplete revascularization.
Grondin et al. (1974) studied this question.
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