Insights from the STICH trial: Change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction
Michler RE, Rouleau JL, Al-Khalidi HR, Bonow RO, Pellikka PA, Pohost GM, Holly TA, Oh JK, Dagenais F, Milano C, Wrobel K, Pirk J, Ali IS, Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Di Donato M, Investigators S. Insights from the STICH trial: Change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2012, 146: 1139-1145.e6. PMID: 23111018, PMCID: PMC3810307, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-systolic volume indexCoronary artery bypassSurgical ventricular reconstructionVentricular reconstructionArtery bypassVolume indexSurvival benefitML/Ischemic heart failureSignificant survival benefitEnd-systolic volumeLeft ventricular volumeSTICH trialPostoperative reductionHeart failureImproved survivalSurgical treatmentClinical benefitVentricular sizeImaging assessmentTreatment groupsVentricular volumePatientsBypassTrial data