Abstract

Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) remains normal in elderly persons with no evidence of heart disease. 1,2 We reported that an abnormal echocardiographic LVEF 3 and silent myocardial ischemia 4 significantly correlated with new coronary events in elderly patients with heart disease. In this report we give the results from our prospective study of 393 patients > 62 years old with coronary artery disease (CAD) or systemic hypertension correlating LVEF and silent ischemia with development of new cardiac events at 40-month mean follow-up.

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