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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 1;51(13):1237–1246. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.12.024

Figure 6. Probability of Cardiac Event–Free Survival in Patients With and Without a Stress-Induced Drop in LVEF.

Figure 6

Probability of event–free survival as a function of mental stress-induced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) change plotted at 2 prototypical values, 1 standard deviation (SD) below (LVEF change =−12.40%) and 1 SD above (LVEF change =+1.05%) the mean of the entire sample (LVEF change = −6.73%). Curves are adjusted for baseline LVEF, history of myocardial infarction, and age. The risk ratio associated with the lower curve compared with the higher curve is 2.40 (p = 0.02). Reprinted, with permission, from Jiang et al. (12).