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ischemic cardiomyopathy

Etiology: - myocardial ischemia - myocardial infarction Pathology: - heart failure Management: - also see ischemic heart disease & dilated cardiomyopathy - CABG significantly outperforms medical therapy for all-cause mortality (59 vs 66% over 9.8 years) [2] - myocardial viability does not predict benefit from revascularization or mortality [3] - no benefit to percutaneous coronary intervention [4] - stem cell therapy is investigational - older age does not diminish improvements after stem cell therapy [1]

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ischemic heart disease (IHD) dilated cardiomyopathy

References

  1. Golpanian S et al. Effect of aging on human mesenchymal stem cell therapy in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015 Jan 20; 65:125 PMID: 25593053 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109714069496
  2. Velazquez EJ et al. Coronary-artery bypass surgery in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2016 Apr 3; PMID: 27040723 http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1602001 - Guyton RA, Smith AL. Coronary bypass - Survival benefit in heart failure. N Engl J Med 2016 Apr 3 PMID: 27040599 http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMe1603615
  3. Panza JA, Ellis AM, Al-Khalidi HR et al. Myocardial viability and long-term outcomes in ischemic cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 2019 Aug 22; 381:739 PMID: 31433921 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1807365
  4. Perera D et al. Percutaneous revascularization for ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. N Engl J Med 2022 Aug 27; [e-pub]. PMID: 36027563 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606