Cardiomyopathic syndrome due to coronary artery disease. I: Relation to angiographic extent of coronary disease and to remote myocardial infarction.

The relation between the extent of angiographic coronary artery disease and the presence of chronic heart failure in patients with coronary artery disease has not hitherto been clearly elucidated. In the present study clinical, ventriculographic, and coronary arteriographic features are compared in 84 patients with coronary artery disease. The extent of coronary disease is measured by the angiographicjeopardy score, which expresses how many of six coronary arterial segments are jeopardised by significant (> 70 % estimated luminal area reduction) proximal stenoses. Each jeopardised segment is counted as 2 points.