2 results match your criteria: "Norway. runar.lundblad@rikshospitalet.no[Affiliation]"
Surgery for left ventricular aneurysm: early and late survival after simple linear repair and endoventricular patch plasty.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
September 2004
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Objective: Simple linear resection and endoventricular patch plasty are alternative techniques to repair postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm. The aim of the study was to compare these 2 methods with regard to early mortality and long-term survival.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 159 patients undergoing operations between 1989 and 2003.
Repair of left ventricular aneurysm: surgical risk and long-term survival.
Ann Thorac Surg
September 2003
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Background: The aim of the study was to identify predictors for survival after repair of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 149 patients who had an operation for postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm between 1989 and 2001. The following variables were recorded: preoperative clinical, angiographic, and echocardiographic findings and operative procedures.