Myocardial Viability and Survival in Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Abstract

The presence of viable myocardium was associated with a greater likelihood of survival in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction, but this relationship was not significant after adjustment for other baseline variables. The assessment of myocardial viability did not identify patients with a differential survival benefit from CABG, as compared with medical therapy alone. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; STICH ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00023595.).

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Affiliated Institutions

• Leipzig Heart Institute DE
• Favaloro Foundation AR
• Instituto do Coração PT
• Jefferson College US
• Northwestern University US
• Medical University of Vienna AT
• Clinical Research Institute US
• Duke Medical Center US
• Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo BR
• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center US
• Montefiore Medical Center US
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute US
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine US
• MedStar Washington Hospital Center US
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center US
• Mayo Clinic in Arizona US
• Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia BR
• Medical University of Lodz PL
• John Paul II Hospital PL

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