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Improved long-term survival following myocardial revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.

Abstract
The natural history of patients with coronary artery disease associated with poor left ventricular (LV) function is dismal. This report analyzes the efficacy of myocardial revascularization in this subset of patients with coronary artery disease manifesting severe LV dysfunction on the basis of LV angiography, LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP). For the 2 1/2 year period ending November, 1977, 59 consecutive patients with coronary artery disease complicated by severe LV dysfunction underwent aorta-coronary bypass at the University of Western Ontario. All patients had angina refractory to medical therapy. Objective criteria for compromised LV function included the presence of three or more dysfunctional (hypokinetic of akinetic) segments on biplane LV angiography. Eighty-three percent (49/59) of patients had triple-vessel coronary artery disease. The mean LVEF for the series was 0.28 and the mean LVEDP was 18 mm Hg. The duration of follow-up was 24 to 60 months (mean 37 months), with follow-up survival data available on 100% of patients. The hospital mortality was 1.7% (1/59), and there were nine late deaths. The 5 year actuarial survival rate (+/- SEM) was 80% +/- 6%. Of the 44 long-term survivors available for direct assessment, 98% (43/44) report improvement with respect to angina and 66% (29/44) are totally asymptomatic. Eighty percent (28/35) of the long-term survivors under the age of 65 years are currently employed. These results indicate that myocardial revascularization can be performed in patients with severe ischemic LV dysfunction at very low risk and, further, that operation results in a dramatic improvement in survival expectations compared with optimal medical therapy.
AuthorsJ G Coles, C Del Campo, S N Ahmed, R Corpus, A C MacDonald, M M Goldbach, J C Coles
JournalThe Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg) Vol. 81 Issue 6 Pg. 846-50 (Jun 1981) ISSN: 0022-5223 [Print] United States
PMID6971965 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Aged
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Disease (mortality, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Diastole
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Ventricles (physiopathology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Revascularization
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stroke Volume

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