Survival after myocardial revascularization for ischemic cardiomyopathy: A prospective ten-year follow-up study
- Shah, Pallav J
- Hare, David L
- Raman, Jai S
- Gordon, Ian
- Chan, Robert K
- Horowitz, John D
- Rosalion, Alex
- Buxton, Brian F
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AbstractObjectiveThe 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.MethodsWe 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 ejection fraction was 0.28 ± 0.04, 50% were in Canadian Cardi...
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