Case 6 – Woman with Ischemic Heart Disease Admitted due to Chest Pain and Shock

Clinical aspects

This patient is a 67-year-old woman with cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic cardiomyopathy, with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Cardiac catheterization disclosed multivessel coronary disease and apical akinesis with an intracavitary thrombus. During outpatient follow-up, clinical treatment was chosen, possibly influenced by the patient’s clinical status, as well as the characteristics of the coronary anatomy.

The indication of surgical treatment with myocardial revascularization in patients with coronary heart disease with heart failure and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction is still debatable, but recent data from the STICH study suggest a long-term survival benefit in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization.

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