title: Functional cardiac assessment before and after left ventricular anterior aneurysm repair, especially as related to work capacity.
abstract: Clinical, angiographic and hemodynamic parameters were assessed preoperatively and 12-20 weeks (mean +/- SD: 14 +/- 2) after left ventricular anterior aneurysmectomy in 31 consecutive patients. In 18 patients, associated coronary artery bypass surgery was necessary (1.4 grafts/patient). One patient with mitral valve insufficiency postoperatively required mitral valve replacement. No other complications and no deaths arose. The working capacity of the patients, as measured by bicycle exercise testing, compared a stage of exercise that the patient reached to the expected level of exercise for a normal person of the same sex, age and body surface. Expressed as percent of normals it increased from 39.3 +/- 28.9% (mean +/- SD) to 60.8 +/- 15.5% (p less than 0.001), angina-pectoris-free working capacity increased from 52.6 +/- 41.4 to 89.2 +/- 33.2 W (p less than 0.001). Left ventricular end-diastolic volume was determined by simultaneous biplane angiography and decreased from 277.1 +/- 84.7 to 191.0 +/- 49.1 ml (p less than 0.001). Ejection fraction increased from 35.4 +/- 12.4 to 41.0 +/- 9.6% (p less than 0.05). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure after angiography decreased from 24.6 +/- 9.2 to 21.1 +/- 11.3 mm Hg (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Innsbruck University Hospital, Austria.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Mühlberger
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Knapp
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Hopferwieser
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Scharfetter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D003971:Diastole; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation