[The natural development of arteriosclerotic coronary disease. Coronarographic study in time intervals]

In 96 patients with coronary artery disease a coronary arteriography was performed twice at least with some months' interval, in order to establish the rate of progression of coronary atherosclerosis and the factors which could affect this progression. It was possible to select patients with progression of the coronary arteria lesions from patients with no increase of coronary stenosis. From the angiographic point of view, the progression of angina and the appearance of myocardial infarction are connected with a general progression of arterial lesions on all main coronary branches. As to the electrocardiographic aspects, the ECG at rest give no informations about the evolution of the coronary disease. Among the risk factors the smoking only has some importance in order to predict the progression of the coronary atherosclerosis.