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ReviewCurrent heart failure reports2015

The benefits of revascularization in chronic heart failure.

Sothinathan Gurunathan, Asrar Ahmed, Roxy Senior

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Review in Current heart failure reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. SPECT and PET in ischemic heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sothinathan GurunathanDepartment of Cardiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, UK.
Asrar Ahmed
Roxy Senior
Northwick Park Hospital · GBRoyal Brompton Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent efforts have reduced the mortality from coronary artery disease (CAD), with the consequent increase in heart failure with reduced left ventricular function, referred to as ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). As ischemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction may be partially or completely reversible by revascularization in the presence of viable myocardium, the assessment of myocardial viability is central to the management of ICM. Decades of observational analyses have provided positive evidence for the role of revascularization in hibernating myocardium in improving survival. However, recently the Surgical Treatment for Ischaemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial has challenged this notion, highlighting the noninferiority of optimal medical therapy (OMT) over revascularization and OMT. In this review, we discuss noninvasive imaging modalities to assess myocardial viability and the impact of myocardial viability on revascularization. We critically appraise the STICH trial and suggest an algorithm for viability testing before revascularization in patients with ICM and significant LV dysfunction.

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Heart FailureHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMyocardial RevascularizationRadionuclide ImagingUltrasonography

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PMID25500783
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