Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with and without diabetes in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial
MacDonald MR, She L, Doenst T, Binkley PF, Rouleau JL, Tan R, Lee KL, Miller AB, Sopko G, Szalewska D, Waclawiw MA, Dabrowski R, Castelvecchio S, Adlbrecht C, Michler RE, Oh JK, Velazquez EJ, Petrie MC. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with and without diabetes in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2015, 17: 725-734. PMID: 26011509, PMCID: PMC4668269, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialHeart Failure TrialDiabetes mellitusMedical therapyHigher LVEFSTICH trialCABG groupPrimary outcomeSurgical treatmentFailure TrialMED groupSmaller left ventricular volumesOptimal medical therapyTriple-vessel CADCoronary artery bypassOutcomes of patientsTriple vessel diseaseLeft ventricular volumeVessel CADArtery bypassCause mortalityClinical characteristicsClinical outcomesVessel diseaseCABG