RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Coronary revascularization is recommended to treat ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, the relations of revascularization-associated ejection fraction (EF) change to subsequent outcomes have not been elucidated. METHODS: In 10 071 veterans (mean age 67 years; 1% women; 15% non-White) who underwent a first percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2010, and had prerevascularization and postrevascularization EF measured, we calculated delta-EF (postprocedure EF-preprocedure EF). We related delta-EF as a continuous measure and as categories (≤-5, -5Assuntos
Doença da Artéria Coronariana
, Insuficiência Cardíaca
, Intervenção Coronária Percutânea
, Idoso
, Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem
, Doença da Artéria Coronariana/terapia
, Vasos Coronários
, Feminino
, Insuficiência Cardíaca/diagnóstico
, Insuficiência Cardíaca/etiologia
, Insuficiência Cardíaca/terapia
, Humanos
, Masculino
, Volume Sistólico
, Resultado do Tratamento
, Função Ventricular Esquerda