title: Does CABG improve left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, and does it matter?
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tawakol
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gewirtz
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology