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Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:29-35
© 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair with Myocardial Revascularization: An Analysis of 246 Consecutive Patients over 15 Years

Department of Surgery and the Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Ochsner, Ochsner Clinic, 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121

From 1970 to 1985, 246 consecutive patients with left ventricular (LV) aneurysm underwent repair and concomitant myocardial revascularization at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. The overall incidence of perioperative death was 7.3%. Although the deaths were mainly cardiac related (10/18) with congestive heart failure (CHF) as the leading cause (6/10), 8 deaths were of noncardiac origin. Perioperative mortality increased significantly in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) (22%; p = 0.0008); perioperative mortality for patients without MR was 4.8%.

The overall 5-year survival was 69%. Late deaths were caused most commonly by myocardial infarction (20/32) with only 7 due to CHF. Predictors of long-term survival were related to LV function preoperatively: absence of CHF (p = 0.001); LV end-diastolic pressure less than or equal to 20 mm Hg (p = 0.03); and ejection fraction greater than or equal to 35% (p = 0.02). Factors that did not significantly affect long-term survival were type of aneurysm repair (resection or plication), morphology of left anterior descending coronary artery (occlusion or stenosis), and size of the aneurysm.

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