Abstract

To evaluate the occurrence of death and myocardial infarction in subgroups of coronary artery disease patients with hemodynamically significant coronary stenoses undergoing treatment in a cardiovascular rehabilitation program and considered severely ill for: a) not having undergone intervention treatment; b) presenting signs of myocardial ischemia; c) presenting multivessel occlusive disease. Retrospective cohort study of 381 patients presented previous coronary angiography showing hemodynamically significant coronary stenoses, for which, because of the anatomic bias, intervention treatment was indicated. The patients were categorized according to the presence or absence of intervention treatment; presence or absence of ischemia in the exercise test; and number of critical coronary stenoses. Statistical analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier and logistic regression methods. Survival probability was not different when patients undergoing medical treatment were compared to those undergoing previous intervention treatment (OR 0.813; 95% CI; 0.366-1.809); with and without evidence of ischemia in the exercise test (OR 0.785; 95% CI; 0.366-1.684); and with one-vessel coronary artery disease and with more-than-one-vessel coronary artery disease (OR 0.824, 95% CI; 0.377-1.798). In this cohort study, no unfavorable outcome was observed in the subgroups comprised of medically treated patients, with evidence of myocardial ischemia and with multivessel coronary artery disease.

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