[Modified Cooley technique for surgical repair of left ventricular aneurysms].
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.
Prates
P R
PR
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia.
Vitola
D
D
Sant'Anna
J R
JR
Lucchese
F A
FA
Kalil
R A
RA
Nesralla
I A
IA
Pereira
J B
JB
Rodrigues
R
R
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
Técnica de Cooley modificada para a correção cirúrgica de aneurismas do ventrículo esquerdo.