December 1, 1976HeartOpen Access

Surgical treatment of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm in 32 patients.

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Population

32 patients with large postinfarction left ventricular aneurysms consisting of fibrous tissue, all…

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

average 18 months

Authors

RDR M DonaldsonNational Heart Hospital MHM HoneyKurnool Medical College RBR BalconMinisterio de Salud Pública

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Implication

Supports surgical excision for selected postinfarction LV aneurysms; hypothesis-generating without controls or randomization.

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Population

32 patients with large postinfarction left ventricular aneurysms consisting of fibrous tissue, all presenting with angina and/or breathlessness.

Intervention

Surgical excision of the aneurysm, combined with saphenous vein bypass grafting (n=15), closure of ventricular septal defect (n=3), or mitral annuloplasty/replacement (n=3).

Outcome

Operative mortality and symptom status at follow-uphard clinical

Surgical excision of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysms is associated with low operative mortality and significant symptomatic improvement.

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Donaldson et al. (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90330dd0ab9f9d6889d596 https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.38.12.1223

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Surgical treatment of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm in 32 patients.

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Structured PICO

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Surgical treatment of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm in 32 patients.

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Structured PICO

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