The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients after percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with coronary stents in the Czech republic

Abstract

Paper showed in PTCA patiens significant association with similar trends in phenotype, presence of risk factors (positive family anamnesis, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipoproteinemia, obesity) and increased risk of clinical coronary events

Keywords

• ischaemic heart desease
• percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
• epidemiology
• risk factors
• coronary stents
• biostatistics