Myocardial ischemia and weaning failure in patients with coronary artery disease: An update

83 patients with coronary artery disease undergoing initial trials of weaning from mechanical ventilation in medical and cardiac intensive care units of a 300-bed teaching community hospital. Mean age 72.4 +/- 1.1 years, mean APACHE II score 16.4 +/- 0.8, mean duration of mechanical ventilation 4.6 +/- 0.9 days.

First-day weaning failurehard clinical