Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Baseline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes for Precise Risk Stratification of Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial

Ramdas G Pai; Padmini Varadarajan; Jean L Rouleau; Amanda L Stebbins; Eric J Velazquez; Hussein R Al-Khalidi; Gerald M Pohost

doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5492

Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Baseline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes for Precise Risk Stratification of Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial

JAMA Cardiol. 2017 May 1;2(5):577-579. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5492.

Authors

Ramdas G Pai¹, Padmini Varadarajan², Jean L Rouleau³, Amanda L Stebbins⁴, Eric J Velazquez⁵, Hussein R Al-Khalidi⁶, Gerald M Pohost⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside.
² Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
³ Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Montréal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
⁵ Department of Medicine-Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁷ Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham8University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This study tests the hypothesis that cardiovascular magnetic resonance–derived left ventricular ejection fraction and volumes would provide improved risk stratification in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery for ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
Female
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / surgery
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality*
Multivariate Analysis
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
Organ Size
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Risk Assessment
Stroke Volume*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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