Changes in left ventricular function after spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spontaneous healing of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) recovery is frequently observed clinically. However, LVEF on presentation and follow-up imaging has not been described.

Hypothesis

We hypothesize that LV dysfunction improves at follow-up after initial SCAD presentation.

Methods

We included patients with nonatherosclerotic SCAD prospectively followed at Vancouver General Hospital, who had baseline assessment of LVEF and wall-motion abnormality (WMA) during their index presentation. A subset of these patients had repeat assessment of their ventricular function at follow-up. We compared the baseline LVEF and WMA with follow-up assessments and correlated to long-term cardiovascular outcomes.

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SUBMITTER: Franco C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490312 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature