title: Comparison of long-term effect of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy with viable versus nonviable left ventricular myocardium.
abstract: In this study, 63% of patients with a substantial amount of viable myocardium showed an increased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 12 +/- 3 months after coronary artery bypass grafting. In 93% of these patients, increased LVEF persisted at 4.5 +/- 1 years of follow-up. Conversely, in nonviable patients, LVEF did not increase at 12 +/- 3 months or at follow-up of 4.5 +/- 1 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre Room Ba-300, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rizzello
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poldermans
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: Miklos D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kertai
authors.forename: Arend F L
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Schinkel
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boersma
authors.forename: Boudewijn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krenning
authors.forename: Eleni C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Vourvouri
authors.forename: Manolis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bountioukos
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Crea
authors.forename: Jos R T C
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roelandt
authors.forename: Jeroen J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*