CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN HYPERTENSIVE-NON MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS COMPLAINING OF RECURRENT CHEST PAIN

Abstract

This study included 60 patients presented to Benha University hospital, cardiology department, CCU, E.R. and outpatient clinic between September 1998 and September I999. Patients were classified on clinical and history criteria into hypertensive and normotensive groups. Unstable angina had been diagnosed in all patients in the form of: I- Angina pectoris of new onset. 2- Angina pectoris at rest. 3- Post-MI angina. - All patients were subjected to the following: - Thorough clinical examination. - E.C.G. - Routine laboratory investigation. - Coronary angiography. Clinically patients of both groups presented with unstable angina and they were matched as regard age and other risk factors. - Coronary angiography was done for all patients utilizing retrograde percutanous transfemoral technique (Judkin's technique). - Conventional views were obtain for the coronary tree and left ventricle, selection of cine frames for coronary analysis and left ventricular analysis.