Surgical management of left ventricular aneurysm and diffuse coronary artery disease: immediate and long term results in patients receiving three or more grafts

Because little information is available concerning the outcome of surgery for left ventricular aneurysm when multiple concurrent coronary grafts are required, we have reviewed 35 consecutive patients undergoing aneurysm surgery and multiple (≥3) grafts between December 1973 and April 1984. There wer...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ 1988, Vol.22 (3), p.209-214
Hauptverfasser: Walker, William S., Cameron, Evan W. J., Sang, Christopher T. M., Reid, Kenneth G.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Because little information is available concerning the outcome of surgery for left ventricular aneurysm when multiple concurrent coronary grafts are required, we have reviewed 35 consecutive patients undergoing aneurysm surgery and multiple (≥3) grafts between December 1973 and April 1984. There were 6 operative deaths (17%). All occurred amongst those (16) undergoing LV plication procedures with no deaths amongst those (19) undergoing aneurysm resection (p
ISSN:1401-7431
0036-5580
1651-2006
DOI:10.3109/14017438809106064