Prognostic value of congestive heart failure history in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions
R. David Anderson, MD*,
E. Magnus Ohman, MD*,
David R. Holmes, Jr., MD ,
Robert A. Harrington, MD*,
Gregory W. Barsness, MD ,
Nancy M. Wildermann, BS*,
Harry R. Phillips, MD*,
Eric J. Topol, MD and
Robert M. Califf, MD*
* Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Figure 1 The probability of mortality within 6 months after percutaneous coronary intervention as a function of baseline ejection fraction in patients with a history of congestive heart failure (solid line, n = 334) and without a history of congestive heart failure (dashed line, n = 4,926).
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