Prognostic value of the amount of dysfunctional but viable myocardium in revascularized patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction
Jaroslav Meluzín, MD, PhDa,
Jan ern , MD, Prof*,
Milan Frélich, MD, PhD*,
Franti ek t tka, MD*,
Lenka pinarová, MDa,
Jana Popelová, MD, PhD ,
Roman típal, MD, PhD on behalf of the Investigators of This Multicenter Study
a 1st Internal Department, Brno, Czech Republic
* Center of Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Brno, Czech Republic
Internal Department of the Faculty Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
Internal Department of the Faculty Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Figure 1 KaplanMeier curves showing survival free of cardiac events (including death, nonfatal MI, unstable AP requiring hospitalization and hospitalization for heart failure) in groups A, B and C patients. Event-free survival was significantly better in group A than in group B or group C, both being p < 0.05.
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Figure 2 KaplanMeier curves demonstrating infarction-free survival in groups A, B and C patients. There were no significant differences among groups.
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Figure 3 KaplanMeier curves showing survival in groups A, B and C patients. There were no significant differences among groups.
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