CORONARY ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ISOLATED AORTIC-STENOSIS

We reviewed the prevalence of coronary arterial disease in a consecuti ve series of 117 patients with severe isolated aortic stenosis. Corona ry arterial disease was present in 18 of 48 patients with typical angi na, in 10 of 38 patients with atypical angina, and in 4 of 31 patients without angina. We suggest that absence of angina is not enough to om it coronary arteriography in the evaluation of severe aortic stenosis.