2018
Six-minute walk distance after coronary artery bypass grafting compared with medical therapy in ischaemic cardiomyopathy
Stewart RAH, Szalewska D, Stebbins A, Al-Khalidi HR, Cleland JGH, Rynkiewicz A, Drazner MH, White HD, Mark DB, Roy A, Kosevic D, Rajda M, Jasinski M, Leng CY, Tungsubutra W, Desvigne-Nickens P, Velazquez EJ, Petrie MC. Six-minute walk distance after coronary artery bypass grafting compared with medical therapy in ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Open Heart 2018, 5: e000752. PMID: 29531766, PMCID: PMC5845417, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery bypass surgeryIschemic left ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionWalk distanceVentricular dysfunctionMedical therapyMED groupFunctional capacityNew York Heart Association classSix-minute walk distanceMin walk distanceCoronary artery bypassArtery bypass surgeryVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseArtery bypassBypass surgeryArtery diseaseAssociation classEjection fractionIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical treatmentTreatment allocationDisease trialsPatients
2014
Myocardial viability and impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on outcomes of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: Results of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial
Holly TA, Bonow RO, Arnold JM, Oh JK, Varadarajan P, Pohost GM, Haddad H, Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Birkenfeld B, Asch FM, Malinowski M, Barretto R, Kalil RA, Berman DS, Sun JL, Lee KL, Panza JA. Myocardial viability and impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on outcomes of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: Results of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2014, 148: 2677-2684.e1. PMID: 25152476, PMCID: PMC4250319, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiomyopathiesCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHeart FailureHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMyocardiumPlastic Surgery ProceduresPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTissue SurvivalTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTreatment OutcomeVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Function, LeftConceptsSurgical ventricular reconstructionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialArtery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryBypass graft surgeryHeart Failure TrialArtery bypass surgeryLeft ventricular dysfunctionCoronary artery diseaseType of surgeryCardiac hospitalizationVentricular reconstructionVentricular dysfunctionMyocardial viabilitySurgical treatmentGraft surgeryBypass surgeryArtery diseaseFailure TrialSevere regional left ventricular dysfunctionSevere left ventricular dysfunctionRegional left ventricular dysfunctionOutcomes of patientsIschemic heart failure
2002
Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank)
O’Connor C, Velazquez EJ, Gardner LH, Smith PK, Newman MF, Landolfo KP, Lee KL, Califf RM, Jones RH. Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2002, 90: 101-107. PMID: 12106836, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02429-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac CatheterizationComorbidityCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CareSurvival AnalysisTimeTreatment OutcomeVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsCoronary artery bypass surgeryLong-term outcomesMedical therapyCoronary diseaseIschemic cardiomyopathyNew York Heart Association class IILeft ventricular ejection fractionCox proportional hazards modelDuke University Medical CenterDays of catheterizationInitial cardiac catheterizationMedical therapy armObservational treatment comparisonsCoronary artery bypassHeart failure symptomsMedical therapy groupVentricular systolic dysfunctionArtery bypass surgeryVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseEpicardial coronary vesselsProportional hazards modelUniversity Medical CenterCABG groupTherapy arm