Abstract
Revascularization can improve ventricular function in patients with viable myocardium, but whether and how the presence of viable myocardium affects prognosis of infarcted patients is still far from clear. Thus, 202 patients (173 men, 59 +/- 9 years old) with a previous or recent myocardial infarction (MI) and regional asynergies underwent low-dose dobutamine echocardiography (5-15 microg/kg per min) to assess myocardial viability and were followed for a period of 16 +/- 11 months after revascularization (89 patients) or medical therapy (113 patients). Four groups of patients were defined: (1) patients with viability, revascularized (n = 64); (2) patients with viability, treated medically (n = 52); (3) patients without viability, revascularized (n = 25); and (4) patients without viability, treated medically (n = 61). Of these patients, 45 (23%) patients suffered 57 cardiac events: 18 cardiac deaths (9%), 7 MIs, 12 unstable angina, 9 heart failures, and 11 new revascularization procedures. Patients with viability, revascularized, experienced a slightly lower event rate (22%) compared with patients with viability, treated medically, patients without viability, treated medically and patients without viability, revascularized (29%,...Continue Reading
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