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Figure 8 Myocardial Viability, LV Function, and Reduction in Mortality After Revascularization

The relationship of reductions in death rate to resting left ventricular ejection fraction in patients who had revascularization. In patients with nonviable myocardium, there is no reduction of death with revascularization. In patients with viable myocardium, the lower the ejection fraction, the greater the reduction of deaths after revascularization. Reprinted, with permission, from Allman et al. (7). Abbreviations as in Figure 2.