Resection Of Left Ventricular Aneurysm Research Articles

Coronary artery and associated aortic or major arterial atherosclerosis. One-stage surgical management.

Five patients underwent aorto-coronary saphenous vein bypass graft simultaneously with other necessary arterial reconstructive procedures: (1) ascending aortorrhaphy for dissecting aneurysm; (2) resection of left ventricular and aorto-iliac aneurysms; (3) patch graft for stenosis of the origin of the right vertebral artery and endarterectomy of the right common carotid; (4) resection of ascending aorta and replacement of aortic valve for aortic aneurysm; and (5) Dacron bypass from ascending aorta to subclavian and common carotid arteries. Despite the length of the operative procedure (one was 11 hours) all survived and were doing well on discharge. One died three months later at home.

The selection of patients for resection of left ventricular aneurysm

Summary Resection of left ventricular aneurysm in properly selected patients can be carried out with small risk and a high degree of success in terms of immediate survival with clinical improvement. The classification of left ventricular aneurysms as suggested by the authors is useful in determining operability when taken in conjunction with all other available pertinent data. The authors would like to thank Dr. W. G. Bigelow and Dr. R. O. Heimbecker for permission to include their patients in this review. The help given us by Dr. E. L. Lansdown of the Department of Radiology and Mr. V. Walburn of the Department of Photography was much appreciated.