Myocardial viability predicts improvement in patients after surgical treatment of ischemic heart failure
- Voluckienė, Elvyra
- Ivaškevičienė, Loreta
- Grabauskienė, Virginija
- Židanavičiūtė, Jurgita
- Uždavinys, Giedrius
DOIAbstract
Objective: This study sought to define the prognostic value of myocardial viability in patients with severe ischemic heart failure, who underwent surgical ventricular reconstruction with associated coronary grafting. Patients and methods: This retrospective study selected 37 consecutive patients (32 men, mean age 59 ± 10.5 years) who underwent surgical ventricular reconstruction with associated coronary grafting, and preoperative left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction <30% (mean, 25 ± 4.6%). The mean New York Heart Association (NYHA) class before operation was 3.4 ± 1.3. The time-frame of the large anterior myocardial infarction was 5.8 ± 3.3 months. LV systolic function was assessed by echo-dobutamine: the wall motion score index at rest ...
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