title: Left ventricular aneurysmectomy: tailored scar excision and linear closure.
abstract: Coronary artery bypass surgery with or without aneurysmectomy is used to treat patients with left ventricular aneurysm. There is debate about patient selection and the appropriate surgical technique. We analyzed the results of 102 consecutive patients who underwent left ventricular aneurysmectomy and reconstruction using a modified linear closure technique between 1992 and 2003. The mean age was 62 years, 81% of the patients were male, and 47% had an ejection fraction < 35%. The locations of the left ventricular aneurysms were anteroapical (75%), apical (21%), and posteroinferior (4%); 23% contained thrombi. Additional procedures included aortic valve replacement in 4, mitral valve repair in 1, and coronary bypass grafting in 98 patients; 3 underwent isolated repair of left ventricular aneurysm. Hospital mortality was 7% and long-term survival was 76% at a mean follow-up of 39 months. Most patients improved symptomatically postoperatively. Left ventricular aneurysm repair with tailored scar excision and a modified closure technique is associated with acceptable mortality and long-term survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7LN, United Kingdom. mankalkat@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maninder S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kalkat
authors.forename: Uday
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dandekar
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smallpeice
authors.forename: Jitender
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Satur
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome