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Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair with Use of a Bovine Pericardial Patch

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Left ventricular aneurysm, which can impair systolic function, has a reported incidence of 10% to 35% in patients after myocardial infarction. In a 58-year-old woman who had a history of myocardial infarction, we excised a large left ventricular aneurysm and restored left ventricular geometry with use of a bovine pericardial patch. The aneurysm's characteristics and the patient's preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction of 0.25 had indicated surgical intervention. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course, and her left ventricular ejection fraction was 0.50 to 0.55 on the 4th postoperative day. This case illustrates the value of surgical treatment for patients who have a debilitating left ventricular aneurysm.

Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal

DOI: 10.14503/thij-13-3726

Authors: Matthew J. Henry, Ourania Preventza, Denton A. Cooley, Kim I. de la Cruz, Joseph S. Coselli

Institution: Baylor College of Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2158977277

FWCI: 0.661

Cites: 17

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10