Clinical and angiographic follow-up after coronary angioplasty in patients with two-vessel disease: Influence of completeness and adequacy of revascularization on long-term outcome

To assess the influence of the degree of revascularization on long-term results with angioplasty in multivessel disease, 151 consecutive patients with double-vessel disease and successful angioplasty in at least one vessel were prospectively followed up for a mean of 14 months (range 6 to 30 months) with clinical evaluation, an exercise stress test, and routine angiography. Patients were divided into three groups according to completeness and adequacy of revascularization: group 1—complete revascularization (no residual stenosis ≥70%, 51 patients); group 2—incomplete but functionally adequate revascularization (residual stenosis ≥70% in a vessel