Effect of left ventricular volume on results of coronary artery bypass grafting.
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.
Kim
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Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
Ugurlu
B S
BS
Tereb
D A
DA
Wackers
F J
FJ
Tellides
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G
Elefteriades
J A
JA
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*