Importance of Angina in Patients With Coronary Disease, Heart Failure, and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Insights From STICH
Jolicœur EM, Dunning A, Castelvecchio S, Dabrowski R, Waclawiw MA, Petrie MC, Stewart R, Jhund PS, Desvigne-Nickens P, Panza JA, Bonow RO, Sun B, San TR, Al-Khalidi HR, Rouleau JL, Velazquez EJ, Cleland JGF. Importance of Angina in Patients With Coronary Disease, Heart Failure, and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Insights From STICH. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 66: 2092-2100. PMID: 26541919, PMCID: PMC4655599, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseLV systolic dysfunctionGreater survival benefitMedical therapySystolic dysfunctionCause mortalitySurvival benefitWorse prognosisCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionArtery bypass graft surgeryLong-term clinical outcomesGreater prognostic benefitBypass graft surgeryVentricular systolic dysfunctionEffect of CABGMultivariable CoxSTICH trialGraft surgeryPrognostic benefitArtery diseaseCoronary diseaseEjection fractionHeart failureClinical outcomes