title: Clinical characteristics and outcome of chronic ischemic heart failure in angina-free patients.
abstract: We sought to determine clinical characteristics as well as outcome of angina-free patients with chronic ischemic heart failure. In comparison with ischemic chest pain patients, angina-free patients have higher heart rate and systolic blood pressure on admission, lower number of diseased coronary artery vessels at coronary arteriogram and higher survival probability. Thus, angina-free patients with ischemic heart failure have a distinctive clinical picture and a better outcome than ischemic chest pain patients with chronic heart failure.
authors: Reinaldo B
authors: RB
authors: Bestetti
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Yoshitake
authors: Thais A
authors: TA
authors: Cardoso
authors: Paula F
authors: PF
authors: Freitas
authors: José A
authors: JA
authors: Cordeiro
authors: Tatiana A D
authors: TA
authors: Theodoropoulos
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000503:physiopathology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015996:Survival Rate; D013599:Systole