Surgical management of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in patients with coronary artery disease.

21 patients with coronary artery disease and severe, symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias after failure of medical management. All had angiographically documented localized areas of severe hypokinesis (n=3) or ventricular aneurysms (n=18).

Cardiac surgery (with or without myocardial resection)

Internal comparisons: operation within 1 month vs >1 month post-infarction; operative treatment with vs without myocardial resection

In-hospital mortality and long-term survivalhard clinical