Journal article

Regional left ventricular function does not predict survival in ischaemic cardiomyopathy after cardiac surgery

DL Prior, SR Stevens, TA Holly, M Krejca, A Paraforos, GM Pohost, K Byrd, T Kukulski, RH Jones, P Desvigne-Nickens, P Varadarajan, A Amanullah, G Lin, HR Al-Khalidi, G Aldea, C Santambrogio, A Bochenek, DS Berman

Heart | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017

Abstract

Objectives To define the prognostic contribution of global and regional left ventricular (LV) function measurements in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy randomised to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with (n=501) or without (n=499) surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR). Methods Novel multivariable methods to analyse global and regional LV systolic function were used to better formulate prediction models for long-term mortality following CABG with or without SVR in the entire cohort of 1000 randomised SVR hypothesis patients. Key clinical variables were included in the analysis. Regional function was classified according to the discreteness of anteroapical hypokinesia and ..

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