Effect of left ventricular volume on results of coronary artery bypass grafting

Kim R., Ugurlu B., Tereb D., Wackers F., Tellides G., Elefteriades J.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.86, sa.11, ss.1261-1265, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 86 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01216-9
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1261-1265
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

After coronary artery bypass grafting, our patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and significant left ventricular (LV) dilation demonstrated an improvement in angina symptoms, acceptable operative and medium-term survival, a trend toward improvement in LV ejection fraction, and a significant reduction in LV chamber size. Our results suggest that patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and LV dilation should not be excluded from surgical revascularization based on ventricular size alone.