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

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 akinesia into those most likely to benefit from SVR, those least likely and those fel

SUBMITTER: Prior DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5564397 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature