Results of left ventricular aneurysmectomy with a tailored scar excision and primary closure technique

Left ventricular aneurysmectomy with continuous beating heart: early results

Objective: Operative mortality after left ventricle aneurysmectomy is close to 15%. Specifically for this procedure, forms of myocardial protection have been little discussed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate immediate results of left anterior ventricular aneurysmectomy using the beating heart approach. Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of 34 patients who underwent a left a...

Closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defect, left ventricular aneurysmectomy, and coronary artery bypass graft. Case report.

Left Ventricular Aneurysm: Modified Linear Closure Technique

To understand the role of surgery in the treatment of patients with a ventricular aneurysm, one must first consider the criteria used to define the presence of an aneurysm. Angiographically, an aneurysm may be defined as an area of the ventricle which is demarcated from the surrounding chamber by hypokinesis, akinesis, or dyskinesis. An angiographic aneurysm^' may relate anatomically to an obvi...

CURRENT TOPICS Indications for Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy

MORE THAN 25 years ago, C.P. Bailey performed the first successful left ventricular aneurysmectomy in a human being.' Since then, with cardiopulmonary bypass and improved surgical techniques, aneurysmectomy has become an established procedure available to patients with ventricular aneurysms and severe symptoms. In this paper we review the available literature concerned with elective left ventri...

Left ventricular scars. Clinical and haemodynamic results of excision.

was 30-6 per cent. Of the survivors, i.5 patients (4I 7% of the totalgroup ofpatients) are improved by operation and 3 (8.3%) are unchanged or worse. All patients, regardless of whether their principal complaints were dyspnoea or angina, showed evidence before surgery of left ventricular dysfunction. No haemodynamic measurement was of value in predicting the results of surgery. The presence of ...