1. Left Ventricular Volume Predicts Postoperative Course in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 
Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Ino, Hideo Adachi, Seiichiro Murata, Hitoshi Kamio, Masahiko Okada, Jun-ichi Tsuboi 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages (February 1998)
DOI: /S (97)

2. Fig. 1
Actuarial survival curve. Numbers above the time axis indicate the numbers of patients at risk 0, 1, 3, and 5 years after operation. The actuarial survival rate during follow-up for patients who had a preoperative left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVI) of less than 100 mL/m2 was significantly greater than that for patients who had a preoperative LVESVI of greater than 100 mL/m2 (85.0% versus 53.5%; p < 0.05).
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3. Fig. 2
Relation between the preoperative left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVI) and the postoperative ejection fraction (EF). The closed circles indicate patients who were free of congestive heart failure (CHF) after operation, and the open circles indicate patients in whom CHF developed after operation.
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4. Fig. 3
Freedom from congestive heart failure. Numbers above the time axis indicate the numbers of patients at risk 0, 1, 3, and 5 years after operation. The rate of freedom from congestive heart failure during follow-up was significantly greater for patients who had a preoperative left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVI) of less than 100 mL/m2 than for patients who had a preoperative LVESVI of greater than 100 mL/m2 (85.0% versus 31.4%; p < 0.01).
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (97) )