title: Surgery for ventricular tachycardia in patients undergoing surgical ventricular restoration: the Karolinska approach.
abstract: This article presents a review on the efficacy of surgical ventricular restoration and direct surgery for ventricular tachycardia in patients with left ventricular aneurysm or dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy. The procedure includes a non-electrophysiologically guided subtotal endocardiectomy and cryoablation in addition to endoventricular patch plasty of the left ventricle. Coronary artery bypass surgery and mitral valve repair are performed concomitantly as needed. In our experience, this procedure yielded a 90% success rate in terms of freedom from spontaneous ventricular tachycardia, with an early mortality rate of 3.8%. A practical guide to the pre- and postoperative management of these patients is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden. Ulrik.Sartipy@karolinska.se
authors.forename: Ulrik
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sartipy
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albåge
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Insulander
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindblom
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D013548:Sweden; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling