Coronary revascularisation for postischaemic heart failure : how myocardial viability affects survival

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of revascularisation of viable myocardium on survival in patients with postischaemic heart failure.

METHODS: 35 patients (mean (SD) age 58 (7) years) with severe heart failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class > or = III), mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 24 (7)% (range 10-35%), and limited exercise capacity (peak oxygen consumption (VO(2)) 15 (4) ml/kg/min) were studied. 21/35 patients had no angina. Myocardial viability was assessed with quantitative positron emission tomography and the glucose analogue (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) (viable segment = FDG uptake > or = 0.25 micromol/min/g) in all patients before coronary artery bypass grafting. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1, > or = 8 viable dysfunctional segments (mean 12 (2), range 8-15); and group 2, < 8 viable dysfunctional segments (mean 3.5 (3), range 0-7). The two groups were comparable for age, sex, NYHA class, LVEF, and peak VO(2).

RESULTS: Two patients died perioperatively and seven patients died during follow up (mean 33 (14) months). All deaths were from cardiac causes. Kaplan-Meyer survival analysis showed 86% survival for group 1 patients versus 57% for group 2 (p = 0.03). Analysis by Cox proportional hazard model revealed three independent factors for cardiac event free survival: presence of > or = 8 viable segments (p = 0.006); preoperative LVEF (p = 0.002); and patient age (p = 0.01).

CONCLUSION: Revascularisation for postischaemic heart failure can be associated with good survival, which is critically dependent upon the amount of viable myocardium.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 82(1999), 6 vom: 04. Dez., Seite 684-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pagano, D [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, M E [VerfasserIn]
Townend, J N [VerfasserIn]
Davies, P [VerfasserIn]
Camici, P G [VerfasserIn]
Bonser, R S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article

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Date Completed 23.12.1999

Date Revised 03.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM105034681