Surgical treatment for ventricular aneurysm.
The results of 110 patients with ventricular aneurysm treated surgically are discussed. The overall mortality in this group was 11.8 per cent. Since the use of coronary bypass operation and the intra-aortic balloon pump, the mortality has been significantly reduced.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001243:Assisted Circulation; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology