Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease Progression of Coronary Arteriosclerosis: International Symposium Held in Bad Krozingen October 22-23, 1982

The papers presented in this book were held at the International Sym­ posium on "Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease - Progression of Cor­ onary Arteriosclerosis" on October 22 and 23, 1982 in Bad Krozingen, FRG on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Rehabilitationszen­ trum Bad Krozingen. The symposium was sponsored and supported by the European So­ ciety of Cardiology and the Pharma Schwarz Co. The scientific com­ mittee was composed of F. Loogen (Dusseldorf), P. G. Hugenholtz (Rotterdam), and the editor of this book. To all of these and to my co-workers many thanks. Bad Krozingen, August 1983 H. Roskamm Table of Contents W. Steinbrunn and P. R. Lichtlen Prognosis of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Evaluated Using Data Obtained by Invasive Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 R. A. Bruce Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease Patients Evaluated by Data Obtained by Noninvasive Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 K. Bachmann, W. Niederer, H. Fuchs, and H. Holzberger Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease Patients Evaluated by Data Obtained by Invasive and Noninvasive Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 R. Balcon, M. Cattell, and K. Wong Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease Patients Evaluated by Data Obtained by Angiography and Exercise Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 36 M. Kaltenbach and W. -D. Bussmann Prognostic Relevance of Findings from Invasive and Noninvasive Investigations in Coronary Heart Disease Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 H. Gohlke, L. Samek, P. Betz, and H. Roskamm Prognostic Relevance of Invasive and Noninvasive Data in Angiographically Defined Subgroups of Coronary Heart Disease Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 v. F.