Coronary Bypass Surgery with or without Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction
Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Michler RE, Sopko G, Oh JK, O'Connor CM, Hill JA, Menicanti L, Sadowski Z, Desvigne-Nickens P, Rouleau JL, Lee KL. Coronary Bypass Surgery with or without Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction. New England Journal Of Medicine 2009, 360: 1705-1717. PMID: 19329820, PMCID: PMC3265934, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0900559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical ventricular reconstructionCoronary artery diseaseVentricular reconstructionRate of deathCardiac causesLeft ventricular volumeArtery diseasePrimary outcomeVentricular volumeEnd-systolic volume indexComposite of deathCoronary artery bypassCoronary bypass surgeryLeft ventricular dysfunctionVentricular dysfunctionBypass surgeryCardiac symptomsEjection fractionHeart failureCABGStudy groupPatientsVolume indexHospitalizationAnatomical changes