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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 49, 150-151, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Repair of the difficult ventriculotomy

DA Cooley
Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225.

A technique is described that allows the surgeon to repair the difficult ventriculotomy associated with early surgical treatment of myocardial infarction. Complications that occur as a result of suturing the friable myocardium can be avoided using both internal and external repair.

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