Relationship between left ventricular ejection fraction and mortality after myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction.

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Date publication

juillet 2018

Journal

International journal of cardiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr ROSSIGNOL Patrick


Tous les auteurs :
Hall TS, von Lueder TG, Zannad F, Rossignol P, Duarte K, Chouihed T, Dickstein K, Atar D, Agewall S, Girerd N,

Résumé

Identifying risk factors for specific modes of death in patients with heart failure (HF) or left ventricular (LV) dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction (MI) may help to avert events. We sought to evaluate LV ejection fraction (LVEF) as a prognosticator of specific death modes.

Mots clés

Heart failure, Left ventricular dysfunction, Left ventricular ejection fraction, Mode of death, Myocardial infarction, Sudden death

Référence

Int. J. Cardiol.. 2018 Jul 29;: