Myocardial Viability and Survival in Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Bonow RO, Maurer G, Lee KL, Holly TA, Binkley PF, Desvigne-Nickens P, Drozdz J, Farsky PS, Feldman AM, Doenst T, Michler RE, Berman DS, Nicolau JC, Pellikka PA, Wrobel K, Alotti N, Asch FM, Favaloro LE, She L, Velazquez EJ, Jones RH, Panza JA. Myocardial Viability and Survival in Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction. New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 364: 1617-1625. PMID: 21463153, PMCID: PMC3290901, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1100358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCombined Modality TherapyCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseEchocardiography, StressFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaMyocardiumProportional Hazards ModelsStatistics, NonparametricTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsCoronary artery diseaseVentricular dysfunctionMedical therapyMyocardial viabilityArtery diseaseViable myocardiumSurvival benefitBaseline variablesIschemic left ventricular dysfunctionDifferential survival benefitSubstudy of patientsCoronary artery bypassLeft ventricular dysfunctionDobutamine echocardiographyUnderwent assessmentPatientsCABGDysfunctionTreatment assignmentTherapyMyocardiumDiseaseGreater likelihoodMortalityTrials