Study endpoints
readmissions, stroke, death, neurological deficit
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, EVENTS, STROKE
The primary follow-up endpoint was a composite of cardiac mortality and hospitalization due to HF.The minimum predefined follow-up time was 12 months.Secondary endpoints were follow-up EF (estimated by Simpson’s biplane method), major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events on follow-up (MACCE), hospitalization due to HF, all-cause mortality, and cardiac mortality.Hospitalization due to HF included readmissions due to acute or chronically decompensated HF, planned implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy device (CRT).Cardiac death was defined as natural death due to cardiac causes and required evidence of acutely decompensated HF or sudden cardiac arrest. Patients found dead at home were not considered.MACCE consisted of the composite of total death, MI, stroke (persistent neurological deficit) and target vessel revascularization.