title: [A new surgical technic for the treatment of left ventricular aneurysm: the overcoat aneurysmoplasty. Preliminary results. 11 cases].
abstract: The classical surgical techniques used in post-myocardial infarction left ventricular aneurysms consist in resecting as much as possible of visible fibrous tissues and closure of the two borders by "U"--shaped sutures supported by a Teflon bond. There are two drawbacks to this approach: resection often involves the surface arterial network which often has a significant role to play in vascularising the remaining myocardium; fibrous, akinetic or dyskinetic zones of the anterior 2/3 of the interventricular septum cannot be resected. The proposed technique consists in limiting the surface of resection and in lowering the left border of the aneurysm as far as the posterior 1/3 of the septum. The septum is then sutured over the aneurysm to the antero-lateral wall of the left ventricle. Ten patients were operated using this technique: there were no operative deaths; preoperative cardiac failure regressed in 4 out of 5 patients; one patient was operated for unstable ventricular tachycardia, the arrhythmias disappeared after surgery; one patient operated during the 3rd week for left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm required intra-aortic balloon pumping and developed episodes of VT which finally resolved.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013536:Suture Techniques
vernacular_title: Nouvelle technique chirurgicale pour la cure des anévrysmes du ventricule gauche: l'anévrysmoplastie en paletot. Résultats préliminaires. 11 observations.