Left ventricular aneurysmectomy in advanced left ventricular dysfunction

J A Elefteriades; L W Solomon; L L Mickleborough; D A Cooley

Left ventricular aneurysmectomy in advanced left ventricular dysfunction

Cardiol Clin. 1995 Feb;13(1):59-72.

Authors

J A Elefteriades¹, L W Solomon, L L Mickleborough, D A Cooley

Affiliation

¹ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 7796433

Abstract

Despite widespread application in clinical practice and extensive laboratory investigations, many basic issues regarding left ventricular aneurysmectomy remain to be resolved. Analysis of clinical data from the authors' three centers and application of powerful modern imaging techniques provide important information to resolve these issues.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gated Blood-Pool Imaging
Heart / diagnostic imaging
Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
Heart Aneurysm / mortality
Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Intraoperative Care
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Survival Analysis
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / mortality
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery*