title: [Surgery for idiopathic cardiomyopathy].
abstract: Among the patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, those with dilated cardiomyopathy were surgically treated. Initial 18 patients were treated with partial left ventriculectomy(PLV) and thereafter PLV in 26 patients, septal exclusion technique (EVCPP) in 5 patients, or solo-valvular surgery in 12 patients were applied according to the findings of the intraoperative cardiac echogram. The postoperative morbidity and mortality decreased after the selection of the operative procedures. Conclusively, left ventriculoplasty with PLV or EVCPP is a hope for the patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isomura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014696:Ventriculostomy