Revascularization in severe left ventricular dysfunction: outcome comparison of drug-eluting stent implantation versus coronary artery by-pass grafting. |
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| Authors: | Giuseppe Gioia William Matthai Karen Gillin James Dralle Alberto Benassi Maria Francesca Gioia Jacqueline White |
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| Affiliation: | Atlantic City Medical Center, Pomona, NJ 08240, USA. giuseppe.gioia@atlanticare.org |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: We compared the outcome of drug eluting stent (DES) implantation (Sirolimus or Paclitaxel) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with the outcome of a similar group of patients undergoing coronary artery by-pass grafting (CABG). BACKGROUND: Revascularization provides long-term benefits in patients with severe LV dysfunction. However the modality to achieve it is still unsettled in this high risk group of patients. METHODS: Two-hundred-twenty patients (20% women) with severe LV dysfunction (LV Ejection Fraction
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| Keywords: | drug‐eluting stent coronary artery by‐pass grafting left ventricular dysfunction |
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