Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery versus Medical Treatment in Patients with Low Ejection Fraction and Coronary Artery Disease

Background: We compared the outcomes in patients with a low ejection fraction (EF) and multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) who either underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or received medical treatment (MT) after a viability study via dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE).Methods...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Sheikhfathollahi, Masoumeh Lotfi-Tokaldany, Kyomars Abbasi, Mehrab Marzban, Abbas Ali Karimi, Mojtaba Salarifar, Hakimeh Sadeghian, Mohammad Majd, Sirous Jahangiri, Seyed Hesameddin Abbasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-10-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/11957.pdf&manuscript_id=11957