Cardiac function early after left ventricular aneurysmectomy correlated to preoperative data and late postoperative course.

Abstract

Early postoperative hemodynamic evaluations of 10 patients after ventricular aneurysmectomy are presented. Two patients had associated aorto-coronary bypass grafts and in 8 patients at least 2 vessels were free of major lesions. One patient died 2 months after the operation from a preoperative cerebro-vascular accident. Of the 9 surviving patients, 5 are in class I and 4 in class II (NYHA classification); all except 1 enjoy normal physical and professional activities. Two of these patients died 2 years after operation of cardiac causes and one after 4 years of Laennec's cirrhosis.