title: Effect of left ventricular volume on results of coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: After coronary artery bypass grafting, our patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and significant left ventricular (LV) dilation demonstrated an improvement in angina symptoms, acceptable operative and medium-term survival, a trend toward improvement in LV ejection fraction, and a significant reduction in LV chamber size. Our results suggest that patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and LV dilation should not be excluded from surgical revascularization based on ventricular size alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ugurlu
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tereb
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Wackers
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tellides
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elefteriades
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*