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Background Limited data is available regarding prognosis of patients with severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and varying LV dimensions. Purpose of this study was to compare outcomes of patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with respect to LV size. Methods 145 patients of DCM cohort with LV ejection fraction < 35% were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 with normal LV dimensions, group 2 with mild-moderately enlarged left ventricle and group 3 with severely dilated left ventricle. Primary endpoint was composite of all cause mortality and heart failure hospitalizations at end of follow-up. Results Forty-four patients (30.3%) with normal LV diastolic diameter (51.9 ± 5.3 mm) were included in group 1, 57(39.3%) with mild-moderately enlarged LV (61.4 ± 3.7 mm) in group 2 and 44(30.3%) with severely enlarged LV (71.3 ± 7.4 mm) in group 3. Mean follow-up was 42.2 ± 31.6 months. Primary end point occurred in 4 patients (9.1%) in group 1, 8 patients (14%) in group 2 and 9 patients (20.5%) in group 3, p = 0.23 by log-rank test. Hazard ratio for primary endpoint in group 2 as compared to group 1 was 1.71(95% CI, 0.51 to 5.67; p = 0.39) and in group 3 as compared to group 1 was 1.61(95% CI, 0.89 to 2.91; p = 0.11). Of patients with more than two years of follow-up, 2 of 29 patients(6.9%) died in group 1, 3 of 35 patients(8.6%) in group 2 and 3 of 34 patients(8.8%) died in group 3, p = 0.95. Conclusions Intermediate term prognosis of patients with severe LVSD and severely dilated left ventricle is good, with outcomes similar to patients with normal or mild-moderately dilated left ventricle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A distortion of implanted coronary stent along its longitudinal axis during coronary intervention is known as longitudinal stent deformation (LSD). LSD is frequently seen with newer drug eluting stents (DES), specifically with PROMUS Element stent. It is usually caused by impact of guide catheter tip, or following passage of catheters like balloon catheter, IVUS catheter, guideliner, etc. We hereby report a case of LSD during coronary bifurcation lesion intervention, using two-stents technique. Patient had acute stent thrombosis as a complication of LSD, which was successfully managed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]