Surgical ventricular restoration: technique and outcomes.
Surgical ventricular restoration is a surgical procedure developed in an attempt to reverse the negative remodeling that occurs following myocardial infarction. The goal of the procedure is to: 1) reduce the size and restore the normal elliptical shape of the heart; 2) perform a complete myocardial revascularization; and 3) repair any mitral insufficiency. This article will review the surgical procedure and describe outcomes achieved with surgical ventricular restoration.
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John V
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Division of Cardiac Surgery, Blalock 618, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. jconte@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*