2015
Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction
Samad Z, Shaw LK, Phelan M, Ersboll M, Risum N, Al-Khalidi HR, Glower DD, Milano CA, Alexander JH, O'Connor CM, Wang A, Velazquez EJ. Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction. European Heart Journal 2015, 36: 2733-2741. PMID: 26233850, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseSevere mitral regurgitationEvent-free survival benefitHigher event-free survivalSevere functional mitral regurgitationMV surgerySevere LV dysfunctionEvent-free survivalOutcomes of patientsMitral regurgitationFunctional mitral regurgitationIPW adjustmentSystolic dysfunctionLV dysfunctionSurvival benefitEntire cohortTreatment strategiesSevere left ventricular systolic dysfunctionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsSevere left ventricular dysfunctionArtery bypass graft surgeryLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionCox proportional hazards modelIsolated MV surgery
2004
Usefulness of myocardial viability or ischemia in predicting long-term survival for patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing revascularization
Liao L, Cabell CH, Jollis JG, Velazquez EJ, Smith WT, Anstrom KJ, Pappas PA, Ryan T, Kisslo JA, Landolfo CK. Usefulness of myocardial viability or ischemia in predicting long-term survival for patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing revascularization. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2004, 93: 1275-1279. PMID: 15135703, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere left ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionVentricular dysfunctionDobutamine stress echocardiographySignificant survival advantageLong-term survivalCoronary diseaseStress echocardiographyViable myocardiumMyocardial viabilityPrognostic powerSurvival advantagePatientsRevascularizationDysfunctionEchocardiographyIschemiaMyocardiumDiseaseMonths