The development of symptomatology and functional condition in patients with negative or minimal findings on coronary vessels after 5 to 10 years.

: The authors compared two groups of men: the group with minimal sclerotic wall changes (n = 18) and the group with a normal coronary angiographic finding (n = 32). All the examinations were repeated after 5 to 10 years (mean 8.4 years). The two groups did not differ in the occurrence of the main IHD risk factors, complaints, kind and amount of principal drugs and working history. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups in the reasons for discontinuing bicycle ergometric test or in the exercise ECG finding. The two groups studied did not differ in the mean values of limiting metabolic and cardiologic parameters (oxygen consumption, lactate, pulse rate, RPP index) either. The conclusion can be made that in the functional and clinical prognosis the group of symptomatic men with minor sclerotic wall changes does not differ practically from individuals with completely normal coronary angiography.