Survival after myocardial revascularization for ischemic cardiomyopathy: A prospective ten-year follow-up study
- Shah, P.
- Hare, D.
- Raman, J.
- Gordon, I.
- Chan, R.
- Horowitz, J.
- Rosalion, A.
- Buxton, B.
DOIAbstract
Copyright © 2003 The American Association for Thoracic SurgeryOBJECTIVE: The aim was to prospectively analyze all-cause mortality, predictors of survival, and late functional results after myocardial revascularization for ischemic cardiomyopathy over a 10-year follow-up. METHODS: We prospectively studied 57 patients with stable coronary artery disease and poor left ventricular ejection function (<35%), enrolled between 1989 and 1994. Stress thallium was analyzed in 37 patients to identify reversible ischemia. To avoid patients with a stunned myocardium, we excluded those with unstable angina or myocardial infarction within the previous 4 weeks. Mean age of the patients was 67 ± 8 years, and 93% of patients were men. Mean left ventricular ej...
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