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Figure 1 Survival Rates Among Patients With CHF With Systolic Dysfunction

Survival rates without urgent heart transplantation among patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and left ventricular ejection fraction less than 35% are lower among patients with high pulmonary arterial pressures (PAPs) and low right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF). Group 1: normal PAP/preserved RVEF (n = 73). Group 2: normal PAP/low RVEF (n = 68). Group 3: high PAP/preserved RVEF (n = 21). Group 4: high PAP/low RVEF (n = 215). Reproduced, with permission, from Ghio et al. (29).