2015
Impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on sphericity index in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: follow‐up from the STICH trial
Choi J, Daly RC, Lin G, Lahr BD, Wiste HJ, Beaver TM, Iacovoni A, Malinowski M, Friedrich I, Rouleau JL, Favaloro RR, Sopko G, Lang IM, White HD, Milano CA, Jones RH, Lee KL, Velazquez EJ, Oh JK. Impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on sphericity index in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: follow‐up from the STICH trial. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2015, 17: 453-463. PMID: 25779355, PMCID: PMC4664050, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical ventricular reconstructionSVR groupSphericity indexVentricular reconstructionTreatment strategiesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialArtery bypass graft surgeryLV end-systolic volumeBypass graft surgeryHeart Failure TrialLV filling pressureEnd-systolic volumeIschemic cardiomyopathy patientsSmaller LV volumesLower sphericity indexImproved LVEFSTICH trialGraft surgeryWorse survivalIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical treatmentClinical outcomesFailure TrialMitral regurgitation
2013
The STICH Trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) Mode-of-Death Results
Carson P, Wertheimer J, Miller A, O'Connor CM, Pina IL, Selzman C, Sueta C, She L, Greene D, Lee KL, Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Investigators S. The STICH Trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) Mode-of-Death Results. JACC Heart Failure 2013, 1: 400-408. PMID: 24621972, PMCID: PMC3829618, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.04.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMode of deathIschemic cardiomyopathy patientsMedical therapySTICH trialMyocardial infarction deathsCABG therapyCardiomyopathy patientsSudden deathProspective clinical trial dataAddition of CABGStrategy of CABGCoronary artery bypassReduced ejection fractionClinical events committeeClinical trial dataPre-specified definitionsCABG patientsArtery bypassCardiovascular deathNoncardiovascular deathEjection fractionHeart failureEvents committeeProtective effectCABG