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Impact of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction on Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Heart Transplant Recipients

  • By

  • Luisa Elbinger

  • Tobias Schupp

  • Michael Behnes

  • Ibrahim Akin

  • Angelika Costard-Jäckle

  • Rene Schramm

  • Tanja Rudolph

  • Volker Rudolph

  • Mohamed Ayoub

  • October 7, 2026

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    The retrospective cohort included 159 heart transplant recipients who underwent PCI from January 2011 through June 2023.

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    Before PCI, 107 patients (67.3%) had preserved LVEF (>50%), and 52 (32.7%) had reduced LVEF (≤50%).

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    The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality through 3 years; secondary endpoints included mortality and MACCE during hospitalization and at 3 months, 1 year, and 3 years.

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    MACCE was defined as all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke, or target vessel or target lesion revascularization by PCI or CABG.

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    Multivariable analyses assessed associations between LVEF and mortality or MACCE, adjusting for age, eGFR, hemoglobin, BMI, rejection episodes, and SYNTAX score ≥33.

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Influence of left ventricular ejection fraction on the clinical outcome of percutaneous coronary interventions in heart transplant patients

  • by Luisa Elbinger, Tobias Schupp, Michael Behnes, Ibrahim Akin, Angelika Costard-Jäckle, Rene Schramm, Tanja Rudolph, Volker Rudolph, Mohamed Ayoub

  • October 7, 2026

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