Coronary angiography in worsening heart failure: determinants, findings and prognostic implications.
Joao Pedro FerreiraPatrick RossignolBiniyam DemisseiAbhinav SharmaNicolas GirerdStefan D AnkerJohn G ClelandKenneth DicksteinGerasimos FilippatosHans L HillegeChim C LangMarco MetraLeong L NgPiotr PonikowskiNilesh J SamaniDirk J van VeldhuisenAeilko H ZwindermanAdriaan VoorsFaiez ZannadPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2017)
Coronary angiography was performed in <13% of patients with symptoms and/or signs of worsening HF. These patients were remarkably different from those who did not undergo coronary angiography and had a lower risk of subsequent events. The presence of coronary stenosis on coronary angiography was associated with a worse prognosis.