Angioplasty of isolated acute marginal coronary artery disease.

This report describes a patient who presented with a non Q wave myocardial infarction and post-infarction angina. Angiography revealed that his only significant disease was a severe lesion in an acute marginal branch of the light coronary artery. Balloon angioplasty was performed successfully with subsequent stabilization and no recurrence of angina in a g-month follow-up. This case raises the possibility that acute marginal disease may contribute to ischemic syndromes and warrants consideration for revascularization. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.