Abstract
For ten years, Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction (SVR) in combination with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) has been performed on selected patients (pts) with symptomatic heart failure (HF). Despite this experience, the extent to which this technique may be more broadly applicable in the treatment of HF remains uncertain. We sought to identify the proportion of pts with ischemic cardiomyopathy potentially eligible for SVR. Methods: We reviewed the records of 698 consecutive pts referred to our community-based managed care Heart Failure Treatment Program with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and New York Heart Association class III-IV HF.
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