Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Ischemic Heart Disease
Long-Term Survival Benefit of Coronary Revascularization in Patients Undergoing Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Mario PetrettaWanda AcampaStefania DanieleEmilia ZampellaRoberta AssanteCarmela NappiMarco SalvatoreAlberto Cuocolo
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2016 Volume 80 Issue 2 Pages 485-493

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Background:We assessed the relationship between clinical outcome and coronary revascularization according to stress-gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS) in an observational series of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD), on long-term follow-up.Methods and Results:The study group consisted of 2,059 patients. During a median follow-up of 61 months, 184 events occurred (126 cardiac deaths and 58 non-fatal MI). The impact of revascularization during follow-up on event-free survival was evaluated using an extended Cox regression model, adjusting for potential clinical and MPS confounders. Revascularization was treated as a binary non-reversible time-dependent covariate. Predefined interactions tested were: (1) revascularization and summed difference score (SDS); (2) revascularization and post-stress left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF); and (3) SDS and post-stress LVEF. Revascularization had a significant effect on event-free survival (adjusted HR, 0.19; P<0.001). Significant interactions were found between revascularization and SDS (P=0.045), and between LVEF and SDS (P=0.015). The protective effect of revascularization increased as SDS increased. For SDS <6 the reduction in HR was detectable only for reduced LVEF.Conclusions:Both the degree of stress-induced ischemia and LVEF predict the effect of revascularization on outcome in patients with suspected or known CAD. The protective effect of revascularization appears to be greater in patients with severe ischemia and preserved LVEF. (Circ J 2016; 80: 485–493)

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