Clinical characteristics and outcome of chronic ischemic heart failure in angina-free patients

We sought to determine clinical characteristics as well as outcome of angina-free patients with chronic ischemic heart failure. In comparison with ischemic chest pain patients, angina-free patients have higher heart rate and systolic blood pressure on admission, lower number of diseased coronary artery vessels at coronary arteriogram and higher survival probability. Thus, angina-free patients with ischemic heart failure have a distinctive clinical picture and a better outcome than ischemic chest pain patients with chronic heart failure.