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European Journal of Heart Failure 2003 5(1):81-83; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00036-3
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© 2002 European Society of Cardiology

Angioplasty of residual stenosis after severe anteroseptal myocardial infarction: is it able to improve systolic function and to prevent cardiac failure?

Marcel Toussainta,*, Françoise Guyomarda, Amine Meliania, Xuan Tran-Thanha, Christine Jouannona, Florence Durupa and Jean-Yves Devauxb

a Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Général Longjumeau, France
b Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Cochin Paris, France

* Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Général, 159 rue du Président F. Mitterrand, F 91160 Longjumeau, France. Tel.: +11-33-64-54-31-62; fax: +11-33-64-54-30-89 E-mail address: marcel.toussaint@ch-longjumeau.fr

Key Words: Myocardial infarction • Left ventricular function • Coronary angioplasty

Received May 8, 2001; Revised October 17, 2001; Accepted December 14, 2001

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   1. Background
 
Left ventricular (LV) function is the major determinant of prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction. Despite recent advances in medical therapy of heart failure, mortality rates of patients with poor ejection fraction (EF) remains high.


   2. Aims
 
We hypothesised that systematic revascularisation of the stenosis of the infarct-related artery would result in improved LV contractility.


   3. Methods
 
From 1991 to 1997, 14 consecutive patients had severe Q wave anteroseptal myocardial infarction with EF<=36%. The mean . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   4. Results
 

   5. Discussion
 

   6. Conclusion
 

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