title: Surgical myocardial revascularization of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular disfunction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine long-term survival, identify preoperative factors predictive of a favorable outcome, and assess functional improvement after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with advanced left ventricular dysfunction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1995 and 2001, 244 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and had a preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction less than or equal to 35% were included. left ventricular ejection fraction was determined by uniplanar or biplanar ventriculography during left heart catheterization. Indication for surgery was predominance of tissue viability. Functional improvement was evaluated through echocardiography and gated scintigraphy at exercise/rest. Survival was determined by Kaplan-Meier analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 29+/-4% (ranged from 9% to 35%). An average of 3.01 coronary bypass grafts per patient were performed. In-hospital mortality was 3.7% (9 patients). The 4-year survival rate was 89.7%. Multivariate correlates of favorable short- and long-term outcome were preoperative New York Heart Association Funcional classification for congestive heart failure class I/II, lower PAsP, higher left ventricular ejection fraction and gated left ventricular ejection fraction Ex/Rest ratio >5%. Left ventricular ejection fraction rise from 32+/-5% to 39+/-5%, p <0.001. Gated left ventricular ejection fraction at exercise/rest increased markedly after surgery: from 27+/-8%/23+/-7% to 37+/-5%/31+/-6%, p <0.001.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In selected patients with severe ischemic left ventricular dysfunction and predominance of tissue viability, coronary artery bypass grafting may be capable of implement preoperative clinical/functional parameters in predicting outcome as left ventricular ejection fraction and gated left ventricular ejection fraction at exercise/rest.
authors.affiliation: Unidade Clínica de Coronariopatia Aguda, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo/SP, Brazil. ahovnanian@uol.com.br
authors.forename: André L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hovnanian
authors.forename: Alexandre de
authors.initials: Ad
authors.lastname: Matos Soeiro
authors.forename: Carlos Vicente
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Sérgio Almeida de
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Fábio B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Jatene
authors.forename: Noedir A G
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stolf
authors.forename: José A F
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramires
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*