Thomas A Holly, Robert O Bonow, J Malcolm O Arnold, Jae K Oh, Padmini Varadarajan, Gerald M Pohost, Haissam Haddad, Robert H Jones, Eric J Velazquez, Bozena Birkenfeld, Federico M Asch, Marcin Malinowski, Rodrigo Barretto, Renato A K Kalil, Daniel S Berman, Jie-Lena Sun, Kerry L Lee, Julio A Panza
OBJECTIVES: In the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial, surgical ventricular reconstruction plus coronary artery bypass surgery was not associated with a reduction in the rate of death or cardiac hospitalization compared with bypass alone. We hypothesized that the absence of viable myocardium identifies patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction who have a greater benefit with coronary artery bypass graft surgery and surgical ventricular reconstruction compared with bypass alone...
December 2014: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery