Mediterranean diet contributes to the preservation of left ventricular systolic function and to the long-term favorable prognosis of patients who have had an acute coronary event

BACKGROUND: The effect of the cardioprotective Mediterranean diet on the development of cardiac abnormalities and prognosis of cardiac patients has rarely been investigated. OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the relation between the Mediterranean diet, the development of left ventricular systolic dys...

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Published in:The American journal of clinical nutrition 2010-07, Vol.92 (1), p.47-54
Main Authors: Chrysohoou, Christina, Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B, Aggelopoulos, Panagiotis, Kastorini, Christina-Maria, Kehagia, Ioanna, Pitsavos, Christos, Stefanadis, Christodoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute coronary syndrome
Acute coronary syndromes
Acute Disease
adults
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Cholesterol - blood
Cholesterol, LDL - blood
complications
Coronary Disease - blood
Coronary Disease - diet therapy
Coronary Disease - mortality
Coronary Disease - physiopathology
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean
dietary surveys
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Follow-Up Studies
food choices
food intake
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
health promotion
Heart - physiopathology
heart diseases
heart ventricle
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Life Style
Male
Medical prognosis
Mediterranean diet
men
Middle Aged
Nutrition
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Patient Compliance
patients
Prognosis
Regression Analysis
Survival Rate
Systole
temporal variation
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - blood
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diet therapy
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - mortality
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology
Ventricular Function, Left - physiology
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
women
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Summary:BACKGROUND: The effect of the cardioprotective Mediterranean diet on the development of cardiac abnormalities and prognosis of cardiac patients has rarely been investigated. OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the relation between the Mediterranean diet, the development of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) at hospitalization, and the 2-y prognosis of patients who have had an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). DESIGN: During 2006-2009, 1000 consecutive patients with ACS were enrolled; of these patients, 459 had LVSD (ejection fraction
ISSN:0002-9165
1938-3207
DOI:10.3945/ajcn.2009.28982