Primary isolated coronary artery bypass in left ventricular dysfunction: survival and predictors of survival.
Coronary angiograms of 462 patients with ejection fractions below 51% who underwent primary isolated coronary artery bypass at the Cleveland Clinic from 1981 to 1985 were available for review. They were divided into two groups: group 1 (n = 166) with severe ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction less than 30%) and group 2 (n = 296) with moderate ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction 31 to 50%) at a median follow-up of 5.8 years/patient. The actuarial survival was 64.3% in group 1 and 80.6% in group 2 (P = 0.0001). By multivariate analysis, congestive heart failure (P = 0.0001) was the single most important factor affecting survival for both groups. In addition, in group 1 the preoperative use of inotropes (P = 0.03) and in group 2 the presence of peripheral vascular disease (P = 0.001) affected long term survival.
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D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology