title: Recurrent (residual?) left ventricular aneurysm. A report of 11 cases.
abstract: Of 244 patients who underwent left ventricular aneurysmectomy between 1971 and 1980, 11 (4.5%) had recurrent (residual?) left ventricular aneurysm. The probable cause of the recurrent aneurysm was occlusion of the saphenous vein grafts (54.5%) or the progression of atherosclerosis in the native coronary arteries (18.2%) supplying the involved area directly or through the intercoronary collaterals. Nine patients were treated medically, with two deaths. Two patients underwent successful resection of the left ventricular aneurysm and regrafting of the coronary arteries having significant lesions; both are alive and well more than 3 years later.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation