Impact of Left Ventricular Dysfunction on Hospital Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Wallace TW, Berger JS, Wang A, Velazquez EJ, Brown DL. Impact of Left Ventricular Dysfunction on Hospital Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2008, 103: 355-360. PMID: 19166689, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionHospital mortalityEjection fractionCoronary interventionOdds ratioLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionHospital mortality increasesReduced ejection fractionRetrospective cohort studyVentricular systolic dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionLow ejection fractionLV ejection fractionAdjusted hospital mortalitySystolic dysfunctionVentricular dysfunctionCohort studyMultivariate adjustmentMedical therapyEF groupPatientsMortalityOutcome variablesMortality increases