Performance of Coronary Angiography in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction and No Prior Ischemic Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: The diagnosis of ischemic cardiomyopathy is not well established. Our objective is to determine predictive variables of coronary disease in unselected patients with ventricular dysfunction. This study is a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with left ventricular dysfunction and no known history of ischemic heart disease. We analyse the demographic variables, clinical data, electrocardiogram, and echocardiogram that are associated with the presence of coronary stenosis on coronary angiography. A total of 536 patients with left ventricular dysfunction were studied, with 135 (25.2%) of them having significant coronary lesions. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, age ≤ 50 years, female gender, and the presence of atrial fibrillation on the electrocardiogram (ECG)

SUBMITTER: Peiro OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8880097 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature