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			<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">abchf</journal-id>
			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abchf</journal-id>
			<journal-title-group>
				<journal-title>ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop</journal-title>
				<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop</abbrev-journal-title>
			</journal-title-group>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2764-3107</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
			</publisher>
		</journal-meta>
		<article-meta>
			<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abchf.20250051i</article-id>
			<article-categories>
				<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
					<subject>Viewpoint</subject>
				</subj-group>
			</article-categories>
			<title-group>
				<article-title>The Impact of Revascularization on the Prognosis of Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure in the Contemporary Era: Viewpoint</article-title>
			</title-group>
			<contrib-group>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-7534-1369</contrib-id>
					<name>
						<surname>Sousa</surname>
						<given-names>Luhanda Leonora Cardoso Monti</given-names>
					</name>
					<role>Conception and design of the research</role>
					<role>Analysis and interpretation of the data</role>
					<role>Writing of the manuscript</role>
					<role>Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content</role>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
					<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c1"/>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-6785-7506</contrib-id>
					<name>
						<surname>Gowdak</surname>
						<given-names>Luís Henrique Wolff</given-names>
					</name>
					<role>Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content</role>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<aff id="aff1">
					<label>1</label>
					<institution content-type="orgname">Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo</institution>
					<institution content-type="orgdiv1">Instituto do Coração</institution>
					<addr-line>
						<named-content content-type="city">São Paulo</named-content>
						<named-content content-type="state">SP</named-content>
					</addr-line>
					<country country="BR">Brazil</country>
					<institution content-type="original">Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP – Brazil</institution>
				</aff>
			</contrib-group>
			<author-notes>
				<corresp id="c1">
					<label>Mailing Address:</label><bold>Luhanda Leonora Cardoso Monti Sousa</bold> • Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44. Postal Code <postal-code>05403-000</postal-code>, Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP – Brazil E-mail: <email>luhandacardio@gmail.com</email>
				</corresp>
				<fn fn-type="coi-statement">
					<label>Potential Conflict of Interest</label>
					<p>No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.</p>
				</fn>
				<fn fn-type="edited-by">
					<label>Editor responsible for the review:</label>
					<p>Germano Souza</p>
				</fn>
			</author-notes>
			<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
				<day>31</day>
				<month>12</month>
				<year>2025</year>
			</pub-date>
			<pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
				<year>2025</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>5</volume>
			<issue>4</issue>
			<elocation-id>e20250051</elocation-id>
			<history>
				<date date-type="received">
					<day>10</day>
					<month>12</month>
					<year>2025</year>
				</date>
				<date date-type="rev-recd">
					<day>05</day>
					<month>05</month>
					<year>2026</year>
				</date>
				<date date-type="accepted">
					<day>16</day>
					<month>05</month>
					<year>2026</year>
				</date>
			</history>
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				<license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xml:lang="en">
					<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License</license-p>
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			</permissions>
			<kwd-group xml:lang="en">
				<title>Keywords</title>
				<kwd>Heart Failure</kwd>
				<kwd>Myocardial Revascularization</kwd>
				<kwd>Coronary Artery Disease</kwd>
			</kwd-group>
			<funding-group>
				<funding-statement><bold>Sources of Funding</bold> There were no external funding sources for this study.</funding-statement>
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	<body>
		<sec sec-type="intro">
			<title>Introduction</title>
			<p>The impact of myocardial revascularization on the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced left ventricular(LV) ejection fraction (EF) of ischemic etiology, especially those with EF ≤ 40%, remains one of the most debated topics in contemporary cardiology. Historically, this subgroup of patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) was indicated for revascularization to reduce hard cardiovascular outcomes, according to guidelines, primarily through coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, recent results and the evolution of optimized clinical treatment (OCT), which now includes medications and devices, have questioned the prognostic benefit of revascularization in this context.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
			<p>The core of the controversy lies in the applicability and impact of the concept of myocardial viability. For a long time, the demonstration of viable hibernating myocardium was considered a prerequisite for indicating revascularization, based on the reasoning that functional recovery of the LV would lead to better long-term outcomes. More recent evidence, however, refutes this concept as a dichotomous criterion.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup></p>
		</sec>
		<sec sec-type="discussion">
			<title>Discussion</title>
			<sec>
				<title>Evidence in evolution</title>
				<p>The first indication that revascularization could confer prognostic benefit in LV dysfunction came from the sub-analysis of patients with EF ≤ 50% in the CASS study, in a pre-contemporary COT era. However, the major milestone was the STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) randomized clinical trial, which allocated multivessel disease patients with EF ≤ 35% to receive COT alone or CABG + COT.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup></p>
				<p>Although STICH did not achieve statistical significance for the primary outcome of all-cause mortality in the first five years, the extended follow-up of 9.8 years (STICHES) demonstrated a clear late benefit of CABG on TCO, for both overall and cardiovascular mortality, with the curves diverging from three years onwards. This benefit occurred despite the absence of significant improvement in LVEF and, more importantly, independently of myocardial viability, as evidenced in the STICH Viability substudy.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
				<p>The contemporary REVIVED-BCIS2 (Revascularization for Ischemic Ventricular Dysfunction) study randomized 700 patients with CCS and a multi-vessel obstructive pattern and ejection fraction (EF) ≤ 35%, with proven viability in at least four dysfunctional segments, to receive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) + COT versus COT alone. The study was neutral for the primary outcome of overall mortality or hospitalization for heart failure, raising debate about the most appropriate type of revascularization and, again, questioning the hibernating myocardium theory.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup></p>
				<p>However, differences between the STICH and REVIVED populations, as well as the distinct revascularization method, may justify divergent results. The use of resynchronization devices and cardioverter-defibrillators was optimized in REVIVED and underutilized in STICH, while the use of modern medications, such as SGLT2 inhibitors and sacubitril-valsartan, present in REVIVED and absent in STICH, makes it unlikely that an invasive intervention will demonstrate superiority over the current COT. Furthermore, the nature of the procedures differs substantially: CABG tends to offer more complete revascularization and protection against future infarctions, while PCI treats focal lesions.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
			</sec>
			<sec>
				<title>Revascularization as a prognostic strategy</title>
				<p>According to STICHES, CABG is indicated with the prognostic objective of long-term survival, and the decision should not be based solely on the expectation of recovery of LV function. This recommendation can be extended to PCI when CABG is not feasible, according to recent guidelines.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> The prognostic benefit without improvement in LV function seems to stem primarily from the prevention of future myocardial infarctions, since, in patients with severe LV dysfunction, any new ischemic event can further aggravate the pumping function.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> The reduction in the risk of fatal ventricular arrhythmias related to ischemia is another plausible hypothesis, especially in the presence of chronic total occlusion, since revascularization can attenuate the arrhythmogenic substrate. In such patients, ischemic, necrotic, and viable myocardium frequently coexist, not always fully identifiable by available imaging exams.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref></sup></p>
			</sec>
			<sec>
				<title>Myocardial viability</title>
				<p>A pre-specified analysis of REVIVED showed that the extent of viable myocardium did not determine which patients would benefit from PCI in terms of survival or EF improvement, but the extent of fibrotic myocardium correlated with a higher risk of mortality.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup> Similarly, in STICH Viability, the presence of viability also did not select the best candidates for CABG.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> These findings suggest that viability marks a better prognosis, but does not predict response to a specific therapeutic strategy. Thus, viability should be considered a prognostic marker, and EF recovery, a theoretical yet unpredictable potential.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup></p>
			</sec>
			<sec>
				<title>Decision making</title>
				<p>In clinical practice, viability, metabolic reserve, or contractile reserve tests (magnetic resonance imaging, PET FDG, thallium scintigraphy, or dobutamine stress echocardiography) should be reserved for cases where the benefit of revascularization is uncertain, or when functionally complete revascularization is sought. Ischemia assessment is equally important, as not all viable myocardium is dysfunctional due to coronary etiology. Clinical factors that impose a high risk for PCI or CABG, as well as technical feasibility, should be considered. Therefore, the decision to revascularize or not a patient with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, aiming at prognosis, should be individualized and ideally discussed in a Heart Team. Viability tests should be used in an integrated, not dichotomous, manner. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f1">Figure 1</xref> summarizes the rationale for revascularization decision-making in this population.</p>
				<fig id="f1">
					<label>Figure 1</label>
					<caption>
						<title>Rationale for myocardial revascularization in CCS with ventricular dysfunction. LGE: Late gadolinium enhancement; CMR: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Echo: Echocardiogram; PET: Positron emission tomography; PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: Coronary artery bypass grafting; CCS: Chronic coronary syndrome; HF: Heart failure; EF: Ejection fraction.</title>
					</caption>
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				</fig>
			</sec>
		</sec>
		<sec sec-type="conclusions">
			<title>Conclusion</title>
			<p>Revascularization in patients with CCS and HF with reduced EF is a long-term prognostic strategy that minimizes future ischemic events and worsening ventricular function in a high-risk population. However, contemporary clinical treatment has evolved substantially and modified the impact of interventions. The hibernating myocardium paradigm remains an open question. Evidence of viability should be interpreted in conjunction with clinical and anatomical factors, and not in isolation. The choice between PCI and CABG should be individualized and discussed in a Heart Team. Two ongoing studies, STICH3C (Canadian CABG or PCI in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy) and MASS VI HF (Evaluation of a randomized comparison between patients with coronary artery disease associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy who undergo medical or surgical treatment), should clarify outstanding questions about the role of revascularization in ischemic heart failure.</p>
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	<back>
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			<fn fn-type="financial-disclosure" id="fn1">
				<label>Sources of Funding</label>
				<p>There were no external funding sources for this study.</p>
			</fn>
			<fn fn-type="other" id="fn2">
				<label>Study Association</label>
				<p>This study is not associated with any thesis or dissertation work.</p>
			</fn>
			<fn fn-type="other" id="fn3">
				<label>Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate</label>
				<p>This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.</p>
			</fn>
		</fn-group>
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		<front-stub>
			<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abchf.20250051</article-id>
			<article-categories>
				<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
					<subject>Ponto de Vista</subject>
				</subj-group>
			</article-categories>
			<title-group>
				<article-title>O Impacto da Revascularização no Prognóstico de Pacientes com Insuficiência Cardíaca Isquêmica na Era Contemporânea: Ponto de Vista</article-title>
			</title-group>
			<contrib-group>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-7534-1369</contrib-id>
					<name>
						<surname>Sousa</surname>
						<given-names>Luhanda Leonora Cardoso Monti</given-names>
					</name>
					<role>Concepção e desenho da pesquisa</role>
					<role>Análise e interpretação dos dados</role>
					<role>Redação do manuscrito</role>
					<role>Revisão crítica do manuscrito quanto ao conteúdo intelectual importante</role>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>1</sup></xref>
					<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c2"/>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-6785-7506</contrib-id>
					<name>
						<surname>Gowdak</surname>
						<given-names>Luís Henrique Wolff</given-names>
					</name>
					<role>Revisão crítica do manuscrito quanto ao conteúdo intelectual importante</role>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<aff id="aff2">
					<label>1</label>
					<addr-line>
						<named-content content-type="city">São Paulo</named-content>
						<named-content content-type="state">SP</named-content>
					</addr-line>
					<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
					<institution content-type="original">Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP – Brasil</institution>
				</aff>
			</contrib-group>
			<author-notes>
				<corresp id="c2">
					<label>Correspondência:</label><bold>Luhanda Leonora Cardoso Monti Sousa</bold> • Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44. CEP <postal-code>05403-000</postal-code>, Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP – Brasil E-mail: <email>luhandacardio@gmail.com</email>
				</corresp>
				<fn fn-type="coi-statement">
					<label>Potencial Conflito de Interesse</label>
					<p>Declaro não haver conflito de interesses pertinentes.</p>
				</fn>
				<fn fn-type="edited-by">
					<label>Editor responsável pela revisão:</label>
					<p>Germano Souza</p>
				</fn>
			</author-notes>
			<kwd-group xml:lang="pt">
				<title>Palavras-chave</title>
				<kwd>Insuficiência Cardíaca</kwd>
				<kwd>Revascularização Miocárdica</kwd>
				<kwd>Doença da Artéria Coronariana</kwd>
			</kwd-group>
			<funding-group>
				<funding-statement><bold>Fontes de Financiamento</bold> O presente estudo não teve fontes de financiamento externas.</funding-statement>
			</funding-group>
		</front-stub>
		<body>
			<sec sec-type="intro">
				<title>Introdução</title>
				<p>O impacto da revascularização do miocárdio no prognóstico de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca (IC) e fração de ejeção (FE) reduzida do ventrículo esquerdo (VE) de etiologia isquêmica, especialmente naqueles com FE ≤ 40%, continua sendo um dos temas mais debatidos na cardiologia contemporânea. Historicamente, esse subgrupo de pacientes com síndrome coronariana crônica (SCC) tinha indicação de revascularização visando reduzir desfechos cardiovasculares duros, conforme as diretrizes, prioritariamente por cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio (CRM). No entanto, resultados recentes e a evolução do tratamento clínico otimizado (TCO), que agora inclui medicamentos e dispositivos, têm questionado o benefício prognóstico da revascularização nesse contexto.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
				<p>O cerne da controvérsia reside na aplicabilidade e no impacto do conceito de viabilidade miocárdica. Por muito tempo, a demonstração de miocárdio hibernante viável era considerada pré-requisito para indicar revascularização sob o raciocínio de que a recuperação funcional do VE, levaria a melhores desfechos em longo prazo. As evidências mais recentes, contudo, refutam esse conceito como critério dicotômico.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup></p>
			</sec>
			<sec sec-type="discussion">
				<title>Discussão</title>
				<sec>
					<title>Evidências em evolução</title>
					<p>O primeiro indício de que a revascularização poderia conferir benefício prognóstico na disfunção do VE veio da subanálise dos pacientes com FE ≤ 50% do estudo CASS, em uma era pré-TCO contemporâneo. Todavia, o grande marco foi o ensaio clínico randomizado STICH (<italic>Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure</italic>), que alocou pacientes multiarteriais com FE ≤ 35% para receber TCO isolado ou CRM + TCO.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup></p>
					<p>Embora o STICH não tenha alcançado significância estatística para o desfecho primário de mortalidade por todas as causas nos primeiros cinco anos, o seguimento estendido de 9,8 anos (STICHES) demonstrou um claro benefício tardio da CRM sobre o TCO, tanto para mortalidade global quanto cardiovascular, com as curvas se separando a partir de três anos. Esse benefício ocorreu a despeito da ausência de melhora significativa da FE do VE e, mais importante, de forma independente da viabilidade miocárdica, conforme evidenciado no subestudo STICH Viability.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
					<p>O estudo contemporâneo REVIVED-BCIS2 (<italic>Revascularization for Ischemic Ventricular Dysfunction</italic>) randomizou 700 pacientes com SCC e padrão obstrutivo multiarterial e FE ≤ 35%, com viabilidade comprovada em pelo menos quatro segmentos disfuncionais, para receber intervenção coronária percutânea (ICP) + TCO versus TCO isolado. O estudo foi neutro para o desfecho primário de mortalidade global ou hospitalização por IC, suscitando debate sobre o tipo de revascularização mais adequado e, novamente, questionando a teoria do miocárdio hibernante.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup></p>
					<p>Entretanto, diferenças entre as populações do STICH e do REVIVED, bem como o método distinto de revascularização, podem justificar resultados divergentes. O uso de ressincronizadores e cardiodesfibriladores foi otimizado no REVIVED e subutilizado no STICH, enquanto o uso de medicações modernas, como inibidores de SGLT2 e sacubitril-valsartana, presentes no REVIVED e ausentes no STICH, tornam improvável que uma intervenção invasiva demonstre superioridade frente ao TCO atual. Além disso, a natureza dos procedimentos difere substancialmente: a CRM tende a oferecer revascularização mais completa e proteção contra infartos futuros, enquanto a ICP trata lesões focais.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup></p>
				</sec>
				<sec>
					<title>A revascularização como estratégia prognóstica</title>
					<p>De acordo com o STICHES, a CRM está indicada com objetivo prognóstico de sobrevida a longo prazo, e a decisão não deve se basear exclusivamente na expectativa de recuperação da função do VE. Essa recomendação pode ser estendida à ICP quando a CRM não for factível, conforme diretrizes recentes.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> O benefício prognóstico sem melhora na função do VE parece decorrer, sobretudo, da prevenção de infartos do miocárdio futuros, uma vez que, em pacientes com disfunção grave do VE, qualquer novo evento isquêmico pode agravar ainda mais a função de bomba.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> A redução do risco de arritmias ventriculares fatais relacionadas à isquemia é outra hipótese plausível, especialmente na presença de oclusão total crônica, visto que a revascularização pode atenuar o substrato arritmogênico. Em tais pacientes, frequentemente coexistem miocárdio isquêmico, necrótico e viável, nem sempre plenamente identificáveis pelos exames de imagem disponíveis.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref></sup></p>
				</sec>
				<sec>
					<title>Viabilidade miocárdica</title>
					<p>Uma análise pré-especificada do REVIVED mostrou que a extensão de miocárdio viável não determinou quais pacientes se beneficiariam da ICP em termos de sobrevida ou melhora da FE, mas a extensão de miocárdio fibrótico se correlacionou a maior risco de mortalidade.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup> De modo semelhante, no STICH Viability, a presença de viabilidade também não selecionou os melhores candidatos à CRM.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> Esses achados sugerem que a viabilidade marca um melhor prognóstico, mas não prediz resposta a uma estratégia terapêutica específica. Assim, a viabilidade deve ser considerada um marcador prognóstico, e a recuperação da FE, um potencial teórico ainda imprevisível.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup></p>
				</sec>
				<sec>
					<title>Tomada de decisão</title>
					<p>Na prática clínica, os exames de viabilidade, reserva metabólica ou contrátil (ressonância magnética, PET com FDG, cintilografia com tálio ou ecocardiograma com estresse por dobutamina) devem ser reservados para casos em que o benefício da revascularização é incerto, ou quando se busca revascularização funcionalmente completa. A avaliação da isquemia é igualmente importante, pois nem todo miocárdio viável é disfuncional por etiologia coronária. Fatores clínicos que impõem alto risco para ICP ou CRM, bem como a factibilidade técnica, devem ser considerados. Portanto, a decisão de revascularizar ou não um paciente com IC e FE reduzida, visando prognóstico, deve ser individualizada e idealmente discutida em Heart Team. As provas de viabilidade devem ser utilizadas de forma integrada, e não dicotômica. A <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f2">Figura 1</xref> resume o racional da tomada de decisão em termos de revascularização para esta população.</p>
					<fig id="f2">
						<label>Figura 1</label>
						<caption>
							<title>Racional da revascularização miocárdica na SCC com disfunção ventricular. RT: Realce tardio; RMC: Ressonância nuclear magnética cardíaca; Eco: Ecocardiograma; PET: Tomografia por emissão de prósitrons; ICP: Intervenção coronária percutânea; CRM: Cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio; SCC: Síndrome coronária crônica; IC: Insuficiência cardíaca; FE: Fracão de ejeção.</title>
						</caption>
						<graphic xlink:href="2764-3107-abchf-5-4-e20250051-gf01-pt.tif"/>
					</fig>
				</sec>
			</sec>
			<sec sec-type="conclusions">
				<title>Conclusão</title>
				<p>A revascularização em pacientes com SCC e IC de FE reduzida é uma estratégia prognóstica de longo prazo que minimiza eventos isquêmicos futuros e a piora da função ventricular em uma população de alto risco. Contudo, o tratamento clínico contemporâneo evoluiu substancialmente e modificou o impacto das intervenções. O paradigma do miocárdio hibernante permanece uma questão em aberto. As provas de viabilidade devem ser interpretadas em conjunto com fatores clínicos e anatômicos, e não de forma isolada. A escolha entre ICP e CRM deve ser individualizada e discutida em Heart Team. Dois estudos em andamento, STICH3C (<italic>Canadian CABG or PCI in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy</italic>) e MASS VI HF (<italic>Evaluation of a randomized comparison between patients with coronary artery disease associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy who undergo medical or surgical treatment</italic>), deverão esclarecer questões pendentes sobre o papel da revascularização na insuficiência cardíaca isquêmica.</p>
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				<fn fn-type="financial-disclosure" id="fn4">
					<label>Fontes de Financiamento</label>
					<p>O presente estudo não teve fontes de financiamento externas.</p>
				</fn>
				<fn fn-type="other" id="fn5">
					<label>Vinculação Acadêmica</label>
					<p>Não há vinculação deste estudo a programas de pós-graduação.</p>
				</fn>
				<fn fn-type="other" id="fn6">
					<label>Aprovação Ética e Consentimento Informado</label>
					<p>Este artigo não contém estudos com humanos ou animais realizados por nenhum dos autores.</p>
				</fn>
			</fn-group>
		</back>
	</sub-article>
</article>