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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1446-1447
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Ventricular containment technique in ischemic cardiomyopathy

Mustafa Ünal, MDa, Cüneyt Konuralp, MDa, Ercüment Kopman, MDb

a Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, stanbul, Turkey
b Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Department of Anesthesiology, stanbul, Turkey

e-mail: ckonuralp@usa.net

To the Editor

We read the recent article by Raman and coworkers [1] with great interest. We have some questions and some comments.

The authors produced cardiac remodeling by using synthetic material in patients who were candidates for revascularization and surgical ventricular remodeling. After standard coronary artery bypass grafting and a geometric endoventricular repair, a synthetic graft was placed around both ventricles to prevent ventricular dilatation. Five patients underwent ventricular containment in this manner. There was no control group. Without such a comparison, it is very hard to analyze the effectiveness . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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