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There should be no age cutoff in offering coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) to older patients with ischemic heart failure, according to a secondary analysis from the landmark STICH trial. In fact, CABG provided an absolute 14.4% reduction in cardiovascular mortality, compared with medical management, in both the youngest and oldest quartiles of patients with heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, cardiovascular mortality was a secondary endpoint in STICH. Read about the primary endpoint, and the impact CABG has on it, by going to Cardiology News: http://www.ecardiologynews.com/specialty-focus/heart-failure/single-article-page/cabg-reduces-cardiovascular-mortality-in-ischemic-heart-failure-regardless-of-age/ff069be54ebbefc62c43bcc9afdbd907.html.
There should be no age cutoff in offering coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) to older patients with ischemic heart failure, according to a secondary analysis from the landmark STICH trial. In fact, CABG provided an absolute 14.4% reduction in cardiovascular mortality, compared with medical management, in both the youngest and oldest quartiles of patients with heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, cardiovascular mortality was a secondary endpoint in STICH. Read about the primary endpoint, and the impact CABG has on it, by going to Cardiology News: http://www.ecardiologynews.com/specialty-focus/heart-failure/single-article-page/cabg-reduces-cardiovascular-mortality-in-ischemic-heart-failure-regardless-of-age/ff069be54ebbefc62c43bcc9afdbd907.html.
There should be no age cutoff in offering coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) to older patients with ischemic heart failure, according to a secondary analysis from the landmark STICH trial. In fact, CABG provided an absolute 14.4% reduction in cardiovascular mortality, compared with medical management, in both the youngest and oldest quartiles of patients with heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, cardiovascular mortality was a secondary endpoint in STICH. Read about the primary endpoint, and the impact CABG has on it, by going to Cardiology News: http://www.ecardiologynews.com/specialty-focus/heart-failure/single-article-page/cabg-reduces-cardiovascular-mortality-in-ischemic-heart-failure-regardless-of-age/ff069be54ebbefc62c43bcc9afdbd907.html.