title: Dacron patch enlargement of anterior wall of left ventricle after aneurysmectomy with concomitant infarctectomy.
abstract: The basis for left ventricular aneurysmectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass was established 20 years ago. There is a higher risk in patients who undergo operation within 2 months of myocardial infarction. In these patients there may be no clear demarcation between devitalized tissue and residual healthy myocardium. A case is reported in which anterolateral aneurysmectomy with concomitant infarctectomy so compromised left ventricular size that the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle had to be reconstructed with a Dacron patch graft.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates