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Myocardial viability and CABG surgery: a Bayesian appraisal of STICH

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The myocardial viability substudy from the STICH trial has reaffirmed the 10-year survival benefit of CABG surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, but whether myocardial viability must be present for the long-term benefits of revascularization to be realized remains inconclusive.

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Fig. 1: Influence of myocardial viability on cardiovascular death after CABG surgery.

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Redfors, B., Stone, G.W. Myocardial viability and CABG surgery: a Bayesian appraisal of STICH. Nat Rev Cardiol 16, 702–703 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-019-0292-0

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