title: [Modified Cooley technique for surgical repair of left ventricular aneurysms].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate early postoperative results of modified Cooley's technique of ventricular endoaneurysmorrhaphy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight patients, seven males, with ages ranging 38.0 to 67.0 years (m = 51.2 +/- 11.4 years) and with postinfarction left ventricular aneurysms were submitted to surgical repair by a modified Cooley's technique of ventricular endoaneurysmorrhaphy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No postoperative complication occurred and all patients were discharged from the hospital asymptomatic on a mean time of 9.0 +/- 2.3 days after surgery. The mean cardiac index increased from 2.1 +/- 0.5 to 3.3 +/- 1.1 l/min (p less than 0.05) with a mean percentual increase of 53.0%. No patient required mechanical circulatory assistance after surgery and the pharmacological support could be interrupted soon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ventricular endoaneurysmorrhaphy searchs to restore shape, contour and volume to the left ventricle and has shown excellent initial results.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Prates
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vitola
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sant'Anna
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Lucchese
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kalil
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Nesralla
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Técnica de Cooley modificada para a correção cirúrgica de aneurismas do ventrículo esquerdo.