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A standardized definition of ischemic cardiomyopathy for use in clinical research

^a Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Unadjusted Kaplan-Meier survival curves for ischemic versus nonischemic patients.

View larger version (69K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Adjusted survival curves for each of the five methods of quantifying coronary artery disease (CAD). All curves additionally adjusted for age, ejection fraction, gender, New York Heart Association functional class, diabetes mellitus and valvular heart disease. (A) Traditional binary classification. (B) Modified binary classification. (C) CAD index. (D) Number-of-diseased-vessels classification. (E) Modified number-of-diseased-vessels classification.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for all independent predictors of survival in the best multivariable model (modified number-of-diseased-vessels model). CHF = congestive heart failure; dz = diseased; EF = ejection fraction.