[Ventricular aneurysmectomy and infarctectomy].

P M, Barnard; J J, de Wet Lubbe; P M, Jansön; C M, Lewis; H F, Weich

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[Ventricular aneurysmectomy and infarctectomy].

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 22 Sep 1975Journal:South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, volume 49 (issn: 0256-9574,

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Authors: P M, Barnard; J J, de Wet Lubbe; P M, Jansön; C M, Lewis; H F, Weich;

pmid: 1145372

[Ventricular aneurysmectomy and infarctectomy].

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Abstract

During a 22-month period, April 1972 to February 1974, 4 patients underwent ventricular aneurysmectomy at the Karl Bremer and Tygerberg Hospitals for congestive cardiac failure. In addition, 1 patient with an aneurysm and 3 patients with acute myocardial infarcts, ranging from 16 to 28 days postinfarction, underwent emergency surgery for recurrent malignant arrhythmias. The preoperative treatment, cardiac catheterisation data and surgical findings are outlined. The over-all survival rate is 75% for a mean follow-up period of 12,5 months (range 8-22 months). It is concluded that aneurysmectomy, for congestive cardiac failure, and infarctectomy, for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, are gratifying and worthwhile procedures.

Keywords

Adult, Heart Failure, Male, Cardiac Catheterization, Myocardial Infarction, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Middle Aged, Acute Disease, Chronic Disease, Humans, Female, Heart Aneurysm, Follow-Up Studies

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